【Live it Up@lee】近期lee的专访文章

What have you learned as you have done live shows so far?
I have actually found that the more and more I do, the easier it gets. I just go out there and sing my songs the way they were written. It's very easy for me to get emotionally involved in a song when I am performing it. I think it comes across as very honest.
Were you bummed that you didn’t write the new single?
No! Music is open to interpretation no matter how you look at it. I definitely heard something in that song that I knew would be great. It's something that I would have written myself.
Do you still talk to people from your season?
I still keep in contact with a few of them. They are all doing their own thing. You make friends along the way. Some people you make friends with and some people you don't. I hold the relationships close to me that mean something to me.
Have you hung out with anyone recently?
I see Andrew Garcia sometimes. I've seen Katie Stevens a few times. And Big Mike. But I've been so busy.
Have you played shows with other Idol winners?
I played a show with David Cook in Napa. I played a show with Kris Allen. I got to really hang with both of them. They are great guys. David is a cool dude. I think Kris is a talented songwriter and he is a good singer. He's done great for himself. I really respect those guys. But we're all different. We've all got different sounds and different vibes. It's easy to compare when we all have dark hair and we all play the guitar. But we’re not the only three guys in the world that have dark hair and play the guitar [laughs]. If anyone really took the time to listen to our music, they'd see that we are completely different artists with completely different sound. They're both talented guys, they're great, but I am just doing my thing.
Has your life changed since you won?
No, not really at all. No, I am just kidding [laughs]. It's definitely been different. Getting up every day and not going to a job that I hate and getting to do things like this and prepare for shows. That was my goal as a kid and that’s my goal now. I've never really happy with where I'm at, I am always reaching for more. I just want to do this for the rest of my life. I will do whatever it takes to make that happen.
Do you get recognized everywhere you go?
Yeah, I do. It depends. I drove cross-country with my brother recently and we stopped in this small town in New Mexico. The population was maybe 800. I stopped at a gas station and the lady behind the counter recognized me. I was like, "Wow, cool." It's crazy. I will be in L.A. and get noticed, and especially when I go home to Chicago. It doesn't bother me too much. A lot of people say that it's what you asked for. It's not what I asked for, I just want to do music, but it definitely comes with it. And it's encouraging, that people out there are interested in you and they liked the music. That's a great feeling. They're the reason I am doing this and they are the reason I keep doing it.
There is a difference between people who want to be famous and others who just want to be musicians?
If you want to be famous for doing nothing, then you can go make a reality TV show about going out and drinking and doing nothing. That's just wanting to be famous and that's great, you can make a great living off of that. I'm trying to make a great career and a life for myself. I love playing, I love being out there performing for the fans. It's like a drug and it's one I'll keep taking. It's just my passion and what I love to do.
How do you like the 微薄 experience?
I was never a big social networking guy before all of this. In the 70s and 80s, if you want to know what your favorite band is doing, you bought the album and bought any articles. I remember growing up and I was a big Pearl Jam fan. If you wanted to know what they're doing, you ask around. Now it's as simple as Madonna is going out for coffee. It's a different experience, but that's the age we're in now. It's not necessarily a bad or good thing. It's just another outlet to connect to fans and the people who are interested in the music. I want to keep the fans happy. I will do whatever that takes. I love to keep in contact with the fans.
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How much harder was Idol than you expected?
It was 100 percent different than I thought it would be. It was putting yourself in a position where you had to compromise sometimes what you might want to do to do what they required you to do. But for me, I love music. It was the main reason I went out for the show and I tried my best every week and it worked out. It’s very easy for people to look at ratings or albums sales or whatever and make their judgments based on those things. You’re either a fan of television or a fan of music and I think it’s very easy to be a critic on the other side, but it’s not up to me to make sure everybody in America watches American Idol or votes. I get up there and play my songs and do my thing. I loved my experience, I’m very supportive of the show and what it does for people and artists, but I can’t make people like what they don’t like. Whether people like it or don’t, I do it for the fans that are supportive. And I try to be appreciative of my fans. I’m just gonna keep doing what I do.
Where would you like to see your career in five years?
Impossible for me to tell, but I just want to be making music and be out there the rest of my life. Essentially, the reason I do it is because I love playing and I love writing and recording, and so far I’ve been able to do that. In fact I just wrote one on the road and we’ve already been playing it, it’s called “Pretty Eyes.” Writing on the road is a passion of mine.
You recorded two albums before going on Idol. How much different was it working on a record with your Idol victory behind you?
My mindset was different when writing the songs. When Idol is over, there’s a very quick turnaround: you gotta write all these songs in a very short amount of time, and you really have to get them right. It was a process of nonstop writing, writing, writing. Although I definitely had a couple song ideas from before Idol, and I brought them to the table and they came out well. I’m happy with how the album turned out—I wouldn’t change much about it.