Quotes from Chris Daughtry

Maybe some people thought I was 'safe' so they didn't really bothered to vote for me at all.

I do belong on stage.

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, 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.

I'd like to be a piano player.

I'm looking to see what the bigger picture is.

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

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.

My kids are now the most popular kids in their school.

I just like music. If it's hookey and good, I dig it.

I don't want to say I can't wait to get back to normal life, because I don't. I don't want to get back to normal life.

I will continue to pursue my music and live my life with my family.

I don't want to be that parent that puts my kids into what I think they should be in, you know what I mean?

I think if I try to develop a formula, it ends up not working.

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.

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 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'm not ashamed of selling millions of records. I'm very fortunate to be in that position.

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.

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.

In the '90s, guitar solos were dead.

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

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.