Quotes from Danny Gokey

I needed to walk through the 'Idol' door to get to the rest of my career.

Replace fear of the unknown with curiosity.

I started realizing how the condition of our hearts affects the way we see. If your heart is full of bitterness, anger, and resentment, you're going to look at this world as a very evil place.

Whether it's an inspiring song or whether it's an entertaining song - whatever it might be about it - I just want people to feel the emotion that I put into it because I think emotion... is everything.

I can just be a Christian who sings mainstream music instead of having to be a Christian who has to somehow just sing Christian music.

One of the things that I learned at a very young age is the power of a parent's words to their children.

Being on 'American Idol,' the blessings of glasses have rained from the sky. I really would like to start a Danny line or a Gokey line of eyeglasses.

I would like to do a duet with Kelly Clarkson. I just think she's wonderful!

Many people don't have an internal vision to go after something, fight for something, make a plan. So the biggest thing is - until you get picked up by a major label or until something breaks, you need to plan out what your dream is going to be.

Trusting in God is important. He knows what is best.

I have a mission, and that's to help people. That's what I want my music to do.

I had underwear thrown on stage that said 'Gokey' on the back... all glittery! It was grandma-underwear, too.

There's not a person in the United States of America who doesn't love country or have some kind of tie to it.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a place that I feel like it's undervalued. It's one of the most amazing cities I've been to. It has the most to offer.

I think just vocally I have a little timber in my voice that God gave me that does work - it puts my own DNA onto it.