I knew at the time my haircut was pretty damn god-awful, so I was just hoping that I wasn't one of the joke ones. And they put me through to Hollywood and I thought, "Well okay, maybe I'm still one of the joke ones but at least I'm not terrible?" David Cook More Quotes by David Cook More Quotes From David Cook If you can't do anything about it, laugh like hell. David Cook hell laughing life I think the future is whatever I'm willing to make it. David Cook willing thinking Enjoy the experience, don't just experience the experience David Cook enjoy Alcoholism is a well documented pathological reaction to unresolved grief. David Cook reactions alcohol grief My brothers are my backbone. My parents are my oxygen. I can't live without them. David Cook oxygen parent brother Life has a strange way of working itself out David Cook strange way If you wanna know the truth, you make or break my day. If you wanna know the truth, I wouldn't have it any other way. David Cook make-or-break knows way I will never shy away from embarrassing myself for a good cause David Cook embarrassing shy causes I'd always wanted to grow my hair out. And now looking back on those photos I understand why I probably shouldn't have. David Cook grows wanted hair It's amazing what a haircut and forgetting to shave will do. David Cook haircuts forget I never want to play a show where it feels overly programmed, processed, and all that. For anybody that comes to one of our shows, the goal for me is to make sure that's their show. That nobody else is going to see that show ever again. You know what I mean? I try to make it different every day. David Cook goal play mean I think every good song tells a story, as ambiguous and vague as it may be. And if you know what a song is talking about, it can only help your performance. David Cook song talking thinking 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. David Cook kansas-city cities years 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. David Cook idols winning play There's definitely a visual aspect and an emotional aspect to a song. And that harks back, for me, to theater. David Cook theater emotional song I always believe that every song tells a story, so the last thing I want to do is edit out like the meat of the story. I would pick songs based off a), whether I felt like I could do anything with them, and b) whether I felt like I could keep the story intact. And then you sit in with one of the piano players and one of the vocal coaches and kind of work out your arrangements that way. David Cook player song believe Some of the best rock shows I ever saw were those appealing to all your senses. David Cook saws rocks shows It's amazing what a spray-on tan will do. David Cook spray I'm admittedly a record guy. Singles and I are a different beast. I'm definitely an overall picture thinker. David Cook records guy different I absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education. David Cook music-education sound thinking
