I never want to play a show where it feels overly programmed, processed, and all that. For anybody that comes to one of our shows, the goal for me is to make sure that’s their show. That nobody else is going to see that show ever again. You know what I mean? I try to make it different every day.

I have to be involved. Whether it’s me writing by myself or with other people, I definitely want to have my hand in the creative process. That’s part of why I got into music in the first place.

It’s amazing what a haircut and forgetting to shave will do.

I’m competitive to a fault, so of course every week I’m just like, “I want to win, I want to do great.”

I’m admittedly a record guy. Singles and I are a different beast. I’m definitely an overall picture thinker.

I knew at the time my haircut was pretty damn god-awful, so I was just hoping that I wasn’t one of the joke ones. And they put me through to Hollywood and I thought, “Well okay, maybe I’m still one of the joke ones but at least I’m not terrible?”

I’d always wanted to grow my hair out. And now looking back on those photos I understand why I probably shouldn’t have...

There’s definitely a visual aspect and an emotional aspect to a song. And that harks back, for me, to theater.

I got to play with ZZ Top and introduce Bryan Adams and George Michael. And to have it all topped off by me winning ‘American Idol?!’ It’s pretty absurd.

With the Chiefs, you can’t live in Kansas City and not like the Chiefs. To go catch a game at Arrowhead is a pretty great experience. I haven’t had the chance to go to games anywhere else, but, from what I’m told, I don’t really need to.