A: Beach Boys, James Taylor, John Mayer, Phil Collins, Hall & Oates, Bee Gees, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Eagles.
Q: Favorite female pop artists?
A: Carly Simon, Carole King, Carpenters, Fleetwood Mac, Feist, Bonnie Raitt, The Supremes, Joni Mitchell.
Q: When did you first start to sing?
A: Around 15 or 16 years old... high school play.
Q: Do you have any formal singing training?
A: A little bit; I'm not the most technical singer.
Q: What other talents do you have?
A: I'm heavily right-brained, anything "artsy fartsy", drawing, decorating, music, doing hair... beautifying.
--AmericanIdol.com
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