Life After American Idol: Colton Dixon on Perseverance, Fatherhood & His New Book

The Matthew West Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

He rocked the American Idol stage and topped the Christian charts with hits like "Build a Boat," but Colton Dixon never expected his next project would be... a children's book! Fresh off the Winter Jam tour, Colton sits down with Matthew West to talk about his surprising new book, also titled "Build a Boat," inspired by his smash song and his four-year-old twin daughters. Let's go to the Story House!

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0:00.0	Colton Dixon rock star from American Idol at that time ever think someday.
0:06.0	Not in a million years.
0:06.9	I'm going to write a children's book.
0:08.0	Not in a million years.
0:09.6	Colton Dixon, is he too cool for a children's book?
0:12.2	No.
0:12.7	My wife was like, man, why did you like, why did you say it like that?
0:16.2	Like they have no idea what you're talking about.
0:18.2	You know, I'm like, I'm trying my best year. It's hard to be on that level, yeah. God's got really good plans for me. He's got them for you, for everyone
0:24.8	listening. So it's our responsibility to stand on that promise. Take him at his word. It's like,
0:29.6	all right, God, like, what do you have for me? Like, be expected. Noah's yes was yes. He didn't argue. And I'm like, wow, that's super challenging to me. Like, I want my yes to be unfiltered, unadulterated.
0:39.9	Yes.
0:40.6	So how do I communicate that that's what pure faith looks like to a child?
0:44.4	It's called on Matthew West by Matt.
0:46.5	He really hope you like it.
0:49.0	I really hope you like it.
0:53.0	What's up, guys?
0:53.9	Welcome to another episode of the Matthew West podcast.
0:56.4	I'm your host, Matthew West.
0:57.5	And as always, I really hope you like it.
0:59.2	Thank you for joining me.
1:00.3	Welcome to The Story House.
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