It's so hard not to have support sometimes. You kinda do it by yourself, times when I just didn't think I was going to make it. But I kept going and I'm here.
How does your gospel background affect your musical leanings now? Some of the greatest soul singers in the world - Chaka Khan, Patty LaBelle, Whitney Houston - they all do a lot of church, gospel inspired riffs. So it's all in there It's something that you can't run from. It's a soul thing, it's not even necessarily a church or a gospel thing. It just sort of oozes out! What was going through your mind during that time? The person who went up before me sang [the song] and killed it and I was scared.
I was shaking in my boots! I don't know if anyone noticed but I changed the final lyric of the song when I ended and added 'I need my own'.
That's really where I sang it from. I was tired and didn't want to go back home to my normal life and I needed my own I didn't want to struggle anymore or wonder where my next bills were going to come from or if I could pay my rent. You've done some acting in the past. Do you plan on pursuing that more in the future? I haven't done any films, but I definitely want to look into doing all of those things, for sure. Despite all of that, Lusk did receive high praise from Randy Jackson for his performance of "God Bless the Child" during the Hollywood rounds as the best ever seen on Idol.
He was one of the top five males in the semi-final round, and therefore advanced to the Top Lusk was eliminated on May 5, , finishing in fifth place. During the finale, he performed with Kirk Franklin and Gladys Knight. American Idol Wiki Explore. Season Ryan Seacrest. The Series. Recent blog posts Forum. Lusk said Friday that he didn't mean anything personal by it at all and lamented that it was all a big misunderstanding.
I'm not the greatest singer in the world; at least I don't feel that I am," he said, explaining that he was referring to his song selection, which he'd changed from the more sensual Marvin Gaye tune "Let's Get It On," and how it was inspired by the recent Japanese earthquake. It had nothing to do with my vocal performance. It had nothing to do with people voting for me. It wasn't about that. It was about me wanting people to look at ourselves and look at what we can do to change the world.
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