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I love performing.
I overthink a lot of things.
Food in Chicago is the best.
Winning 'American Idol' is awesome.
My music comes from my emotion, always.
Writing on the road is a passion of mine.
There are so many good venues in Chicago.
Some people take pictures, I write songs.
I have a pretty wide range of musical tastes.
I'm not interested in just putting out one hit.
I'm not the guy that thinks I'm a perfect singer.
I like blue a lot, and greens. Earthy blues and greens.
I don't like to have really any expectations for myself.
Doing charity work is always cool. It's always a good thing.
I'd love to work with Sufjan Stevens. He so gets it. He's amazing.
I'm the first one to admit, I'm a pretty unorthodox guitar player.
Writing isn't everyone's favorite thing to do or what their thing is.
Melodies are important. I always kind of pride myself on my melodies.
I know who I am as an artist. I've always known who I am as an artist.
I love Soundgarden, I love Rage Against the Machine, Simon & Garfunkel.
I love knowing that people are connecting to my lyrics, my music and me.
Bagel in the morning is the ultimate breakfast for me; they're just good.
I will always appreciate 'American Idol,' and I never forget about where I come from.
I have goals that I want to reach, but you can never plan what's going to happen next.
I know what it's like to be shoveling to pay bills. I know what it's like to not have a job.
Working a job I love is mentally less stressful than punching in a clock everyday, but it's a lot busier.
This is America - you're allowed to say and do what you want and what you say and do defines who you are as a person.
I'm not here to change the music world, but I'm definitely here to show what I can do and express myself through my music.
I think I can connect with an audience because I know what it's like to be on the other side of it and I really remember all of that.
When you go through life, when you go through different things, you take risks, you question yourself. I think everybody does, at some point in their life, question themselves.
If youve ever lived in Chicago, anyone who has, they know what a winter in Chicago is like. To be going through a tough time here in the winter would be just be all the more worse.
If you've ever lived in Chicago, anyone who has, they know what a winter in Chicago is like. To be going through a tough time here in the winter would be just be all the more worse.
I think a big part of 'American Idol' that scares people and actually has, I'm sure, stopped people from trying out is the fact that you do have to do things that are necessarily not your genre.
I like that I stand for something like American Idol which helps musicians and artists get out there. It's important to have shows like Idol because it's so hard to get into the music industry nowadays - nearly impossible.