Lee DeWyze

“I'm not interested in just putting out one hit.”

“Writing isn't everyone's favorite thing to do or what their thing is.”

“When you go through life, when you go through different things, you take risks, you question yourself. I think everybody does, at some point in their life, question themselves.”

“This is America - you're allowed to say and do what you want and what you say and do defines who you are as a person.”

“If you've ever lived in Chicago, anyone who has, they know what a winter in Chicago is like. To be going through a tough time here in the winter would be just be all the more worse.”

“I think I can connect with an audience because I know what it's like to be on the other side of it and I really remember all of that.”

“Some people take pictures; I write songs.”

“I overthink a lot of things.”

“Writing on the road is a passion of mine.”

“I will always appreciate 'American Idol,' and I never forget about where I come from.”

“I have a pretty wide range of musical tastes.”

“I'd love to work with Sufjan Stevens. He so gets it. He's amazing.”

“When I was younger, I was afraid to be myself.”

“I'm not the guy that thinks I'm a perfect singer.”