The kind of vocal exaggeration that I developed was based on what key songs were in.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
And in singing, what my voice lacked in quality it made up for in volume.
I realized that there was much more to my voice than I'd ever been led to explore and that I could make my own songs.
As I've gone along, I felt like I was discovering an aspect of my voice that I didn't know was there: an ability to interpret a song in a way that makes it more accessible.
If I were to categorize what I sing, I have many different influences, and a lot of them are from back in time.
I never had the influence of any other singer in my music, so I sounded like myself all the time.
My vocal ability is very limited, but I'm fortunate in that I can write the songs around my vocal limitations.
On 'Idol,' I understood that everyone wanted to hear my vocals, so I stuck with the ballads.
I could have done a hundred songs, really. It was hard to narrow them down, because I tried to pick songs for the most part that actually did have some effect on me or influenced me in the past.
It's tough hearing your voice on the radio, on a chorus, and knowing that people think it's another artist.
My songs were always about the tone of voice rather than the words.