Occupation: Singer-Songwriter Birth: December 9, 1970
Yeah... I was a singer as a kid. I had a lot of stage fright, and what's happened with "Idol," it has got me past so much of that..
Look at someone like Ke$ha. I wouldn't say she's got the most rangy, incredible voice, but she's got a thing. She stands for something, and people ar….
When I look at myself, I'd like not to have hair on the top of the ceiling..
You need to understand that a skilled professional songwriter can accelerate your success as an already talented musician. These people are writing e….
Good new songs are the backbone of the music industry. There isn't an artist out there who could survive without hit songs..
I can make the argument that people who don't have the biggest ranges but have very unique voices, even if they may be pitchy at times... with the ri….
I wanted a child, and there was no way I could get pregnant under the stress of 18-hour work days and live TV. When you're somebody who's used to mak….
I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter,….
Just because you're a star on television doesn't mean that you can be a music phenomenon or an artist. You have to have the material to back it, and ….
I'm a native New Yorker, so I'm edgier; I kind of tell it like it is..
I think Bruno Mars is a great example of a great voice and classic songwriting with a twist that makes it contemporary. I think he's done a great job….
Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated..
I looked a little pasty. But hey, at least I didn't wet myself!.
The thing that's tricky is sometimes the best voices - just because someone hits the big notes and sounds amazing - it doesn't necessarily mean they ….
I've never been fired in my life..
I was a pop-music junkie. My parents were into Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. They weren't too excited when I had Aretha or the Stones pumping..
I have breakups that I can credit to every song. In my twenties, I picked people who would create that dysfunction and drama, so I could draw upon it..
I don't go to record stores to look at my albums, but it's always a thrill to see them..
Songwriters tell the truth..
There's a lot of craft that goes into achieving a hit song - at the beginning of your career, you're usually more inspiration than craft, and you get….
I felt like I got more comfortable on "Idol" when I just started being myself and not trying to be what I thought I had to be..