I'm still single, but me and Lauren are really really really close friends.

I wanted to have more songs with religious backgrounds. The Christmas record has strong, traditional hymns, but it also has a song called 'Christmas in Heaven' about missing someone that you love that's passed on, and wondering what's going on up there on Christmas.

The minute I get a big head and start acting like the big man on campus, it's all downhill from there.

My favorite type of music to sing is country, and my favorite type of music to listen to is country.

I want to go to Nashville and get cracking on this album.

I'm in college at North Carolina State University. I'm about to start my sophomore year and have an apartment on campus with three buddies I've grown up with. I get to be normal when I'm there, and then I tour Thursday through Sunday.

Just the title of 'American Idol' is something that people can look up to. I'm not Saint Scott, I'm not Mr. Perfect, but I want to be that role model.