here some quotes I liked:

this was interesting.. lol
“The night of the finale, they’re like, ‘OK, you’re gonna be working with Jive.’ I was like, ‘Whoa.’

“His voice is out of this world, and he approaches his singing very professionally,” says Chasez. “Some people just jump into the studio raw, but he takes the time to warm up, sit down at the piano, run the scales. He takes it very seriously. When he goes into the studio to sing, that kid is business.”

“After touring, people’s vocals get trashed, but he sang for hours on end and he was still clean,” says Chasez. “It was stunning to hear how much abuse this kid’s voice can take. But because he’s so dedicated to doing it the right way, it always sounds great.”

lol about rock mafia…
“At first I was like, they work with Miley Cyrus. Why would I wanna do stuff with Miley Cyrus’ people? Just because we’re both young?” he says. “I don’t wanna be in that category. She’s really talented, but that’s not my kind of thing.”

http://www.nypost.com/seven/11022008/entertainment/music/song_of_davids_136390.htm?&page=0

David Cook lumped in withà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦a bunch of bands I hate! lol.

Yeah, that’s kind of the way I feel, too. I don’t hate Maroon Five, but I’ve never been fond of Aerosmith or any of the others. I don’t know from butt rock or cock rock. The last classification like that that meant anything to me was hair bands, and I didn’t like them, either.

Mostly I dislike the entire “flyover” concept about as much as I dislike the “cougar” thing. In general, I mean, not as it applies to Cook. Well, I don’t like that, either, but I really resent the idea that only the coasts have any taste, or that you can generalize who we are if we don’t live in LA or NYC, as if everything from Saddlebrook to Butte is a monolith where everybody thinks and dresses and looks alike. Moooooo.

Just using my state as an example — Jennifer Hudson, Gretchen Wilson, Bo Diddley, REO Speedwagon, Cheap Trick, Muddy Waters, the band Chicago, Herbie Hancock, Smashing Pumpkins (or at least Billy Corgan), Chaka Khan, Dan Fogelberg and Kanye West are (or were) from Illinois. Is all of their music in the “fly-over” category? Or are their hometown folk not supposed to find them appealing because it’s not?

Around these parts, we call it à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“butt rockà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

OMG, LOL! Butt rock? Is that different from cock rock?

David Cook has some quotes in an LA Times article about à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Flyover Music.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

Around these parts, we call it “butt rock”

David Cook lumped in with…a bunch of bands I hate! lol.

ETA: Ok, that site kinda sucks, just due a search for X Factor on youtube by Date Added and you will see all the performances. Im in shock from who just got eliminated.

Carrie has 4 Number 1à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s from Carnival Ride à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  well, there are a few more on that record too I think.

Yeah, I agree. Like “Flat on the Floor.” It BETTER be the next single. That song just sounds like a hit to me. Doesn’t hurt that it’s my favorite song on the album either.

Oh well. Music critics will find new ways to label things, whether it makes any sense or not.

Simon maybe not be able to spot à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“potentialà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ , but he knows a pure-bred winner when he sees one.

I agree. Simon mentioned in one of his Larry King live interviews that on a personal level, it’s David Cook’s music that he would listen to… and then David Cook won American idol.

I don’t know much about country music but it seems like the girl is doing amazing by any standarts. Good for her, awesome for the show.

Yup Dave’s Walmart soundcheck appearance will be on November 15. That was announced several days ago, I believe.

From an interview at Oklaholma magazine, David Cook mentioned he was fortunate to be able to talk to Carrie from time to time… asking for advice as to how to deal with the crazy life of being an American Idol.

“I talk to Carrie every now and then” he says. “Carrie’s been awesome in that she’s really been available to me for advice, just to try and navigate what is the absurd life of being the winner of American Idol”.

Best of luck to both of them, they’re both awesome!