Leon James "Lee" DeWyze, Jr. (born April 2, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter from Mount Prospect, Illinois, and the winner of the ninth season of American Idol.
I'm not the guy that thinks I'm a perfect singer.
I like that I stand for something like American Idol which helps musicians and artists get out there. It's important to have shows like Idol because it's so hard to get into the music industry nowadays - nearly impossible.
I know what it's like to be shoveling to pay bills. I know what it's like to not have a job.
I have a pretty wide range of musical tastes.
There are so many good venues in Chicago.
Bagel in the morning is the ultimate breakfast for me; they're just good.
I overthink a lot of things.
Food in Chicago is the best.
I'm not interested in just putting out one hit.
Doing charity work is always cool. It's always a good thing.
When you go through life, when you go through different things, you take risks, you question yourself. I think everybody does, at some point in their life, question themselves.
My music comes from my emotion, always.
I have goals that I want to reach, but you can never plan what's going to happen next.
I will always appreciate 'American Idol,' and I never forget about where I come from.
I know who I am as an artist. I've always known who I am as an artist.
If youve ever lived in Chicago, anyone who has, they know what a winter in Chicago is like. To be going through a tough time here in the winter would be just be all the more worse.
I love Soundgarden, I love Rage Against the Machine, Simon & Garfunkel.
I don't like to have really any expectations for myself.
Some people take pictures, I write songs.
I'm the first one to admit, I'm a pretty unorthodox guitar player.