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[Note: This "interview" consisted of questions that flashed on the screen, followed
by David's answers]

Question: Feelings on Idol now?

David: I think uh...I, I think Idol's...given me a, an awesome platform to kinda use as

a springboard. And, and uh...so I, I, I think right now I, I've, I've gotten all from Idol
that, that I want. Um...well let me rephrase. I've gotten all from Idol that I need.
Um...and now it's just kinda, to me, I would love to, uh...I wou-- I just, I think for me,
I wanna be somebody that, that ten, twenty years down the road, when somebody
looks back on this era in music...uh, ya' know, hopefully my name gets brought up,
in a, in a positive fashion. Hopefully I've added somethin' to the
musical...landscape.

Question: With your design degree -- any other dream jobs?

David: I would have loved to have made a career out of designing CDs for bands. I
think um..ya' know, each record, um...is, is, is a really cool kind of thumbprint of, of
that artist. And...and uh, I love it when packages...and, and the design of these CDs
kinda correlate with the record. And, and uh...there's something...uh I, I think for
me, there's just something inherently fun about being creative, and...and, and
putting something together that kinda adds to uh, ya' know, this piece of art. So...

Question: Thoughts on Prop 8?

David: Ya' know, Prop 8...I, I'm...I was uh...I was not able to vote for Prop 8, um, cuz
I'm not a, a resident of Los Angeles. But uh, I, I...I would have loved to have seen it
gone the other way, I think. Uh just...just for, ya' know...for, for the reasons I, I, I
mentioned before. I just think...um...ya' know, human rights is human rights. And,
and, and...I don't really see how...sexuality parlays into whether or not you're a
human being.

David: Yeah I, I grew up in a really cool area of the country where...um...ya' know,
just general tolerance. Especially in my household. I mean, general tolerance was
just...kinda the norm. So, um...I, I can't recall at any point in my life ever
feeling...uncomfortable with the idea of sexuality or...or uh, ya' know, be-- whether
it be my own or anybody else's. I, I just honestly think that...um... [long pause] ya'
know, uh...actually I-- I, I, I played for Hillary Clinton the other night at this Glamour
awards party. And, and she made a comment that...that uh...that I thought was
kinda telling, you know. Human rights is women right-- women's rights. And
women's rights is human rights. And I, and I think that applies to everybody, ya'
know? Um...it's uh...it's an interesting time, I think, uh...ya' know, to be, to be uh...a
homosexual in this country. And so I, I hope that...um...I hope that very soon we
get to this point where, ya' know, kinda like we look at-- look back now on women's
rights. And that struggle in the twenties. I think, um...you know, hopefully it's
another hurdle this country can overcome pretty quick.

Question: Queer music favorites?

David: I actually, I, I dated a girl in college who kinda turned me on to Ani DiFranco.
Um...and, and I thought she was...uh...very eclectic. And, and, and ya' know, and in
that...in that realm, I, I love that...uh, she could take...all these different kinds of
songs -- almost in different genres --and, and make a cohesive record, and...and I
really tried to, uh...to do that, you know, on, on this record that I got comin' out.
So...um, hopefully I, I did her justice. [laughs]

Question: We love that ad in your underwear...

David: The idea had been pitched to me a c-- a couple weeks in advance. And I was
absolutely, like, stoked to do it. Um...you know, (A) because...it's...somethin' fun to
do. And, and at the time it was kind of a break from the n-- from the routine of Idol.
Um...but then I remember I got on set...and got into the wardrobe -- if you wanna
call it a wardrobe -- [laughs] and...walk on set, and there's Brett Ratner. He, uh,
directed it. And then all these...kinda production staff and crew. And, and I
realized: I don't know anybody in the room, and I'm standin' there without pants on.
Um...so it was a little unnerving, but...um...ya' know, once I, once I got through the
uh, the shyness, it was actually a lot of fun.

END OF INTERVIEW