Biography

His favorite female pop artist is Kelly Clarkson while his favorite male pop artist is Rob Thomas.

His wife persuaded him to audition for American Idol (2002).

Has four children, with wife Deanna: a step-daughter, Hannah Price, born on September 7, 1996, a step-son, Griffin Daughtry, born on June 30, 1998 and fraternal twins, daughter Adalynn Rose, who arrived at 11:06 a.m., weighing 6 lbs, 5 oz and son Noah James, who followed at 11:25 a.m., weighing 5 lbs, 5 oz, on November 17, 2010, by a gestational surrogate.

Video for "It's Not Over" placed number #2 on VH1's Top 40 Videos of 2007.

The band's self-titled debut Daughtry was one of the biggest selling artist releases of 2006/2007 and the quickest selling rock debut in Soundscan history.

Maybe some people thought I was 'safe' so they didn't really bothered to vote for me at all.

There's going to be a flood of opportunities right now but I don't think I could really talk about them.

I used to call [my wife] and just quickly throw in the towel. But I've found that the less I say and the more I actually listen to her, and just be there without actually being there, is the best thing I can do. As a man, I always feel like I need to say something. Sometimes I have to stop myself because all I want to do is call and tell her about how much awesome stuff is going on in my life, and, you know, her day is sucking hard. I could write a book on it, I'm serious.

[In 2007]: As a kid, I was heavily into martial arts and wanted to be the next Jean-Claude Van Damme. Now, even in videos, I don't want to be the actor with the other girl. I don't think that would be great for my marriage. But I'd like to do a cameo on The Simpsons (1989) or Family Guy (1999).

[Of his band]: People think I pulled a Fantasia Barrino; no, I didn't drop my first name.