83 Quotes by David Cook

I will never shy away from embarrassing myself for a good cause.

With the Chiefs, you can’t live in Kansas City and not like the Chiefs. To go catch a game at Arrowhead is a pretty great experience. I haven’t had the chance to go to games anywhere else, but, from what I’m told, I don’t really need to.

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.

There’s definitely a visual aspect and an emotional aspect to a song. And that harks back, for me, to theater.

I’d always wanted to grow my hair out. And now looking back on those photos I understand why I probably shouldn’t have...

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?”

I’m admittedly a record guy. Singles and I are a different beast. I’m definitely an overall picture thinker.

I’m competitive to a fault, so of course every week I’m just like, “I want to win, I want to do great.”

It’s amazing what a haircut and forgetting to shave will do.