Chris Daughtry Quotes

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.

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.

If people say something rude or off-color, you have to take it with a grain of salt, because they don't know you.

Believe half of what you see and only some of what you hear, unless you hear it from me.

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

I'm looking to see what the bigger picture is.

I wanted to be a martial arts film star when I was a teenager.

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

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

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

Some goals you just never really think about trying to achieve because they just seem so out of reach.

Ed Kowalczyk is my favorite singer.

My kids are now the most popular kids in their school.

I think if I try to develop a formula, it ends up not working.

You never know when you're gonna meet someone
And your whole wide world in a moment comes undone

I'd like to be a piano player.

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.

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

As a kid, I was heavily into martial arts and wanted to be the next Jean-Claude Van Damme.

I did exactly what I wanted to do. It was always my intention to put a band together and be a band and not be about the solo pop guy. That was never me. All of the musicians that made me do what I wanted to do were bands. I didn't see it any other way.

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

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.

I don't want to be that parent that puts my kids into what I think they should be in, you know what I mean?

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.

In the '90s, guitar solos were dead.

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.