American Idol: Danny Gokey Felt Unprepared And Did Not Want To Go On Stage May 14, 2009
Danny Gokey may have been axed from American Idol last night, but the 29-year-old isn’t giving up on his music career. He lost a spot in the finale to Kris Allen and Adam Lambert; and he believes his insecurities may be to blame.
“You have to change up every song. It kinda stinks because at this point, it’s more than singing. People want to see an old song made fresh again,” Gokey tells People magazine. “There were times I just didn’t want to go out on that stage. I felt maybe unprepared or I felt like, man is anybody going to like what I’m doing? I over thought the process.”
Gokey plans to continue his music career with an album, which will combine R and B and “a hint of Latin vibe,” in honor of his late wife Sophia, who was Puerto Rican. He also plans on designing a line of eyeglasses, and may use the proceeds to help grow Sophia’s Heart, a foundation he started because of his wife’s death from a heart condition.
“Maybe it sounds so big of me and cocky even, but I’d like to start a movement with my music. The dream I have is to revolutionize the culture, to change people’s hearts. I want to entertain people but at the same time, I want them to come out of their zone for a bit. My whole testimony is overcoming the impossible in my life and I want to tell people if I can do it, you can do it,” he says.
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