Now I'm 'Blake Lewis' to the world, but I will always still be Bshorty from Bothell... I've never looked at it like a competition so I think I've won regardless. I won when I got to the top ten; I've already reached my goal.
"'Hot Guy of the Week': American Idol's Blake Lewis". US Weekly (May 21, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-06-02. - In interviews