The Next American IdolWill David Cook be the Next American Idol? |
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If he could change one thing about himself, he would like to have washboard abs. The toughest obstacle in his life was being confident enough in himself to chase his dreams of being a musician. He sang in a talent show when he was a kid and he froze in the middle of the performance when he didn't know the second verse to the song. He considers himself a word nerd; he likes doing crossword puzzles. The proudest moment in his life is graduating from college. |
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If he couldn't sing, he would like to be able to fly or be good in the culinary arts. His good luck charm is his left arm tattoo. List of Songs Sung on American Idol:
All his goals in life revolve around being happy, he believes that the journey to these dreams are what it is all about. He thinks his friends would be surprised to know that he owns albums by Sarah McLachlan. Before performing, he always stretches out his hamstrings to relax. He believes his most embarrassing moment may occur on American Idol. When he auditioned for the 7th Season of American Idol at Omaha, he sang Bon Jovi's Living On a Prayer. His audition number for American Idol was 36214. He auditioned for the 7th season of American Idol at Omaha. His musical influences are Our Lady Peace and Big Wreck. He considers his talents other than singing to be a television excerpt and he can also sleep and eat like nobody's business. The only formal singing training he has had was in school choirs. He started to sing in 2nd grade where his teacher made him sing in a Christmas pageant. Favorites: Quote: "Pain don't hurt." Male pop artist: Lenny Kravitz, Raine Maida, John Mayer. Female pop artist: Mandy Moore American Idol Judge: Simon Cowell because he is a smart aleck. Will David Cook Be the Next Americal Idol?Will David Cook Be the Next Americal Idol?Quotes by David CookDavid: The most embarrassing thing that I've ever done on stage, I was in a high school production of West Side Story wherein I had to dance and as America will soon find out if they haven't already, I don't dance, I'm terrible at it and I'm sure somewhere, there is a VHS copy of that floating around that will probably make its way, which is kinda' nerve-wrecking I must say.
David: The weirdest thing that I ever ate, I was at Church camp in Ohio I believe and everyday they would do these sermons that have themes and along with these sermons they had games for everybody to play and you could win cash if you won these games. I got entered into this contest where I had to chug a 20 ounce soda with a live spider and I was in a fight with around two other guys and I won, but I had to swallow a live spider.
David: The most interesting job I've ever had was, and I have Mrs. Hayes to thank for this, I was a mascot for Old Country Buffet in Independence Missouri; I was a bee for about six months, I quit not long after I got beat up in a baseball tournament.
David: My family has helped me pursue my dream, really in a number of anomies, you know immersing yourself into being a musician, the money's not always there. So financially my parents, my extended family, my friends have all been fantastic you know, it starts from my dad buying me my first Fender Stratocaster when I was 12 or 13 and buying me my Les Paul on my 21st birthday, to you know, my mom paying for gas to get me to gigs, it's pretty much across the board, my folks have certainly sacrificed, as well as pretty everybody in my circle.
David: You know I'm pretty much an open book and I'm kinda' weird, so I don't know if people would be very surprised with anything about me. I'm pretty much what you see is what you get.
David (on which previous "American Idol" contestant he thought he was most like): I would like to think that I'm a conglomerate of two, a mix of Bo Bice and Chris Daughtry, but who knows, people may think I'm just like Fantasia, I have no idea, I have none.
David: My favorite performer is probably Ray Maeda from R Rated Peace. I saw him in a show called Rockfest in Kansas City, maybe 2002? And he came out, and I remember specifically the entire performance, he didn't make eye-contact with any member of the audience, but it was the most engaging performance I've ever seen and so I just became kinda' enamored with his band and so I've always just been a huge fan of that guy.
David: If I don't become the next American Idol, I've got fantastic friends, fantastic family to go home to, so it's a win-win at this point, this is a cake.
David: I wanna become the next American Idol because it's an opportunity to do what I want to do for a living. Since I was about 13 or 14, the idea about being a musician has seemed like a top tier and that's what I wanted to do and when I got out of college, I had a decision to make on whether to get the job and make the money and get the family and do all that or really earnestly put the effort in trying to be a musician, so after graduating from the University of Central Missouri, home of the Fighting Mules, I decided to move down to Tulsa and decided to join the band down there for awhile and I just kinda' really immerse myself in trying to be a musician and trying to make it work.
David: I am an expert television watcher; I am also fantastic at sleeping and eating. Past that, they're not talents so much as skills. I studied graphic design in college.
David: I found out that I could sing when I was really little. I was singing in the bathroom, I remember my mom coming in and saying, 'David you actually have a decent voice." She then, being the mom that she is, took the lead and told my music teacher, Mrs. Gentry that I could sing and Mrs. Gentry put me in our Christmas pageant and made me sing a solo, so thank you Mrs. Gentry.
David: When I first found out that I made the top 24, uhhh... hmmm... it was vindicating. You see all these people put in all this work in trying to get into this point and uhhh... for the people that make it, it's a huge accomplishment, but you know, the days of living in ambiguity are soon far behind us, so it's cool.
Will David Cook Be the Next Americal Idol?Will David Cook Be the Next Americal Idol? |
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