David Cook Quotes

I'm competitive to a fault, so of course every week I'm just like, "I want to win, I want to do great."

I spent a majority of my life in Kansas City, so I am a Chiefs and Royals guy. I used to work for the Royals for like five years in the suites department and in the stadium club restaurant.

I'm admittedly a record guy. Singles and I are a different beast. I'm definitely an overall picture thinker.

There's definitely a visual aspect and an emotional aspect to a song. And that harks back, for me, to theater.

It's amazing what a spray-on tan will do.

I got to play with ZZ Top and introduce Bryan Adams and George Michael. And to have it all topped off by me winning 'American Idol?!' It's pretty absurd.

I absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education.

The further you go on the show, the larger the budget gets. But in the beginning they were just like, "Here's a hundred bucks in L.A. Good luck."

I live for Tuesdays, and die by Wednesdays.

I'd always wanted to grow my hair out. And now looking back on those photos I understand why I probably shouldn't have.

I have to be involved. Whether it's me writing by myself or with other people, I definitely want to have my hand in the creative process. That's part of why I got into music in the first place.

Some of the best rock shows I ever saw were those appealing to all your senses.

It's amazing what a haircut and forgetting to shave will do.

I will never shy away from embarrassing myself for a good cause

My brothers are my backbone. My parents are my oxygen. I can't live without them.

Alcoholism is a well documented pathological reaction to unresolved grief.

Life has a strange way of working itself out

I think the future is whatever I'm willing to make it.

Enjoy the experience, don't just experience the experience

If you can't do anything about it, laugh like hell.