I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'
Any time a writer thinks he has all the answers to how someone should talk or react or end a scene, it's a spontaneity-killer.

