I don't live in regret land. I live in the now and in the future, and in the dreams that I have.

I believe in helping people who are down.

I can just be a Christian who sings mainstream music instead of having to be a Christian who has to somehow just sing Christian music.

I had underwear thrown on stage that said 'Gokey' on the back... all glittery! It was grandma-underwear, too.

Whether it's an inspiring song or whether it's an entertaining song -- whatever it might be about it -- I just want people to feel the emotion that I put into it because I think emotion... is everything.

I started realizing how the condition of our hearts affects the way we see. If your heart is full of bitterness, anger, and resentment, you're going to look at this world as a very evil place.

In our culture, I feel like everyone just wants the good life, the dream life, but I'm learning to embrace suffering because with suffering there's so much good that comes out of it.

Being on 'American Idol,' the blessings of glasses have rained from the sky. I really would like to start a Danny line or a Gokey line of eyeglasses.

I tried out for American Idol, I got a record deal, and now it's like my best days are ahead of me.

Many people don't have an internal vision to go after something, fight for something, make a plan. So the biggest thing is -- until you get picked up by a major label or until something breaks, you need to plan out what your dream is going to be.

Your future is only big enough for you to walk through, not for you and your past to walk through.

I have a mission, and that's to help people. That's what I want my music to do.

The moment we change our thinking and start connecting with God, we start connecting with His plans, which always exceed our small plans.

On 'American Idol,' I felt like one of my challenges was picking songs because I've definitely been exposed to a lot of music. So when I went to pick songs, it was difficult for me to choose, but I'd always go to country because country music is so memorable.

There's not a person in the United States of America who doesn't love country or have some kind of tie to it.

It's a dream when some people think that once you give your life to God, all of a sudden things are perfect. That's not the case. We live in a world that's broken, where there's disease, where people are selfish. The foundation of your faith helps you know how to put that in proper perspective.

Christmastime is about hope with what God did for us and with the expression of His love through the gift He gave us at Christmastime, which was Jesus... the one who heals us, who saves us, who delivers us, who is there in our darkest moments.

The thing is, I'm a competitor by nature. I like to compete.

I tell people life is like a book being written by heavenly hands that we can't see.

When you write about hope, don't make it sappy; make it cool, make it adaptable.