I've dealt with losing close ones before, and I've been around friends that have lost friends at a young age. I think it's important to think about - not necessarily death, but about life and think about where you're going and how you want to be remembered and the legacy you want to leave.

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

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

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It's so surreal being here.

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I've told many people that I'm not looking to go out there and find the most beautiful girl in the world who likes me because I'm 'Mr. American Idol Scott McCreery.' If I could just find a nice hometown girl who just likes me for who I am, that's all I want.

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

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

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

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

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I keep a lot of my old baseball hats, and if you look in the hats I've had since I started pitching, you'll see 'Philippians 4:13′ written on the brim. That's the Scripture that gets me through the day because sometimes you can't do it all by yourself. You can't do it on your own, so you lean on Him.

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When you're out there talking about your faith and what you believe in, you'll face some backlash. But mostly, I've received support.

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I don't think you'd call me a traditionalist. But you can say I have an old soul, because I grew up listening to Conway Twitty and Hank Williams.

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My favorite type of music to sing is country, and my favorite type of music to listen to is country.

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This is really just a rental home for me here on earth, my true home is up in Heaven, and my hope lies in that. I'm here to live a good life and get as many people as I can to go to Heaven with me

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Somebody described it to me the best as when you go in to write a song with two people that you've never met, you're pretty much going in and taking off your pants in front of strangers, so it's a really weird feeling.

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I love Florida Georgia Line. I love 'Round Here.' So if a fan wants to listen to that, and if a fan that wasn't listening to country music before is listening to 'Cruise' on Pandora, and after that a song by George Jones comes on, they may have never heard George Jones before. I think it's a good thing for the genre.

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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.

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

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I'm in college at North Carolina State University. I'm about to start my sophomore year and have an apartment on campus with three buddies I've grown up with. I get to be normal when I'm there, and then I tour Thursday through Sunday.

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I was watching the show last year and it didn't even cross my mind that this could even happen.

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

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