There's Just No Quiet In Vegas.

The Melody Seems To Have Gone To The Country. The Country Music Seems To Still Have Melody And Interesting Lyrics. But Pop Music, You've Got To Really Listen Hard To Somebody Who's Doing A Good Melody And A Good Lyric.

My Goal Was Always To Be Involved In Music That Would Outlive Me. And Maybe That's Actually Happening.

You Know, When I Did 'american Idol' The Three Times, I Tried To Tell These Kids You Have To Tell The Story Of The Lyric.

I Keep Reading About People Who Want To Be Famous - It's Not That They Want To Be Great Songwriters Or Great Actors, They Want To Be Celebrities. That Is Scary Because You Can Be Famous Doing Some Really Stupid Things.

These Days, With 'american Idol' And All The Other Reality Shows, Young People Become Famous Overnight, And That Can Be Very Difficult To Handle, The Way Photographers Follow You Around And Study Your Every Move.