Danny Gokey

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.

I really believed music was going to be a big part of my future, and that's why I took a truck driving job, so I could maintain my singing job at night. I put about 30 hours a week just for singing, going between two churches. And in order to afford that, I had to take a full time job so I could do my passion.

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

I needed to walk through the 'Idol' door to get to the rest of my career.

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.

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

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

When I sing songs, I love to put emotion into it. I want people to feel what I feel and just disappear for a moment.

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.

I've kind of walked into a realm where it's paid off for all the hard work that I've put into it, and I get to bless my family. And that's the one thing I love doing. I love giving.

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