Kris Allen

“For me, I feel like I relate to a lot of people.”

“Journaling is something that I've always tried to get into.”

“I have an amazing relationship with my wife, but sometimes there are arguments. It happens.”

“Well, when you're recording an album, artists have what they feel like is good music, and the label, they're trying to sell the album. So those two ideas clash sometimes, but in the end it always works out. When you put the two together, that's a good thing.”

“I love going to Africa and stuff. I love going anywhere, really, but I've been to Africa a bunch of times and it's just a beautiful place that needs help, obviously, but helping people that are really thankful is really easy to do. And the people out there always seem so thankful.”

“It's hard to write music for specific things, because I'm always writing just to write.”

“I've always wanted to be a dad.”

“When I was 17, I broke up with my future wife.”

“I love my fans because they're smart, dude.”

“I've always been a procrastinator.”

“I love pop music, but I love pop music that does something a little bit different.”

“I want my music to feel like I'm giving something to someone else and not that I'm expecting something back.”

“I write love songs!”

“I love really good food and I don't ever want to spend too much for it, but I like hanging out and having really good, tasty, interesting food.”

“II know very, very little about the ukulele, but I actually grew up playing the viola from 4th grade through high school.”

“I would love to just talk to Paul McCartney. That would be incredible, but that is definitely like a dream.”

“I tell people this: It's hard to write about walking in the park, but it's easy to write about a breakup.”

“Music has always been a part of my life.”

“I love playing with a full band, but there's just like a different feeling up on stage when you're playing with a smaller group. It's easier to play off each other.”

“My dad was a musician. He was a singer and he played the guitar, so music was always around.”