Adam Lambert Talks About How Much He Has Learned Since "American Idol"

You were famously a runner-up on American Idol in 2009 and you were the one that we all had our money on going all the way but I always say like usually with that show it's like better to be a runner-up than to win in some way like you just have this freedom to become a star immediately. I've been like so lucky I felt like that show was an amazing launching pad and I learned a lot I mean yeah to me like the thing that I look back on over the last 15 years is just all the amazing things I've gotten to do and all I've learned yeah and they just keep building upon on on the last lesson and you know going into Broadway right now it's like coming back to an old friend in a way doing theater is something that I missed so much and having this little detour with American Idol and the recording industry has been amazing and I'll keep making music but being on stage with theater people it I was like oh yeah this is how I grew up these are the type of people these are my people these are my people this is my tribe and