Chris Daughtry

“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.”

“My son's taking drum lessons, and my daughter's taking piano lessons. One day they're going to start a band.”

“I do belong on stage.”

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

“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 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.”

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

“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.”

“You have to think there's a reason for everything. When a door closes another door opens.”

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

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

“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.”

“I'd like to be a piano player.”

“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.”

“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.”

“In the '90s, guitar solos were dead.”

“There's going to be a flood of opportunities right now but I don't think I could really talk about them.”

“For me, I want my kids to find their way. If they're interested in something, I want them to try it out.”

“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.”

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