My wife, if she wants it, she will just go out and buy it.

Some goals you just never really think about trying to achieve because they just seem so out of reach.

There's going to be a flood of opportunities right now but I don't think I could really talk about them.

What I do doesn't sit well in the world of hipsterville. I don't have a cool card, but I also don't have thin skin.

When I got into music, I wanted to learn guitar just enough to be able to write songs. I wanted to be able to express myself.

I get to hang out with Billy Bob Thornton at his house. We hang out over there every time we're in L.A., because he doesn't go out. We'll hang and he'll play us some of his tunes. It's pretty awesome.

I think I definitely enjoy recording, but I think it's more fun to go out and perform live, because it's like instant gratification, you know? You feel the response immediately.

I was always in bands before, but on 'American Idol,' it was about getting my voice out there. It was always my goal, though, to get a band together again.

It doesn't matter how good you are as a band or how good your music may be; if the fans aren't supporting it and buying your music, it's hard to make it.

The hits always wind up being the songs with big, high choruses. They're the ones too high to sing every night - not that you'll ever, ever hear me complain about having to try.

If people say something rude or off-color, you have to take it with a grain of salt, because they don't know you.

For me, you have to not have a formula. You have to not even sit down and say, 'I want to write right now.' It has to just kind of come out. It's not something you can plan.

Believe half of what you see and only some of what you hear, unless you hear it from me.

You have to think there's a reason for everything. When a door closes another door opens.

You marry somebody; you love everything about them. You grow to learn about them. You never learn everything.

If I win, I'll take my wife and buy her a whole new wardrobe. If she's happy then I'll be happy.

For me, something will come in my head and I'll either end up calling my cell phone to record it, or I'll just pick my guitar up and see what comes out. Sometimes it sucks, sometimes it doesn't. So there's really no set method behind it.

As a kid, I was heavily into martial arts and wanted to be the next Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Ed Kowalczyk is my favorite singer.

For me, I want my kids to find their way. If they're interested in something, I want them to try it out.