Just the title of 'American Idol' is something that people can look up to. I'm not Saint Scott, I'm not Mr. Perfect, but I want to be that role model.

If my life were a song it would probably be titled 'Roller Coaster', up and down all the time.

For me, the best vacation is just relaxing on the couch!

I love singin' in the car, it just makes me feel good.

I'm a pretty low-key North Carolina boy. I like to go fishing and hang out with my friends.

I want to go to Nashville and get cracking on this album.

It's so surreal being here.

What makes me unique is that, I'm normal.

Country music is me, it's what I've grown up with, and it's what I do.

I don't want to put anyone down, but you won't see any twerking from me.

You gotta *be* country music - you can't just sing it.

If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.

They ought to bury people in hospitals and let sick people get well in the cemeteries.

Either I would change lives or end them. The second option is always available.

I swear fearfully at the conventions of the stage.

I am serious about not being serious.

Without enlightenment, everything in life is harsh. Sooner or later you see everyone you love die, unless you die first, of course. This causes you to suffer.

I've been acting my whole life, which people don't realize. I just haven't had the opportunities that I've had with my dancing.

I agree that we need a working relationship with Russia to deescalate a nuclear arms race, to resolve the crisis in Syria.

People think of these eureka moments and my feeling is that they tend to be little things, a little realisation and then a little realisation built on that.

I am very, very tuned into people. If something's wrong, I can sense it from the moment they walk in the studio.