My wife was an amazing, amazing person. Sophia's Heart is an organization that I founded in honor of my wife when she passed away. When she passed away it was a complete shock, and it was disappointment, anger. I felt all those emotions.
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.
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.
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.
I had underwear thrown on stage that said 'Gokey' on the back... all glittery! It was grandma-underwear, too.
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 like that in country, you can talk about what you want to talk about. You can entertain, yet you can have a spiritual side to you, also an emotional side.
The thing is, I'm a competitor by nature. I like to compete.
I want to have a movement with my music.
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.
As everyone in the world can see, I am not a rocker.
I needed to walk through the 'Idol' door to get to the rest of my career.
I've always loved glasses. Always have. I've worn glasses since I was in the fifth grade.
Since I was a kid, I always felt like God had placed something inside my heart. And I always believed that God was going to do something great in my life. But I didn't know the road that I was going to take to get here. And especially losing my wife.
One of the things that I learned at a very young age is the power of a parent's words to their children.
One thing I didn't want to believe in is that I couldn't have a family and do music at the same time.
