An American Idol is someone that has all the qualities that America thinks is positive, attractive and alluring.

My gut and intuition told me it wasn't time to do this.

In all honesty, I'm not able to talk about contracts. It's nothing with 'American Idol' in particular, it's just things I really need to take care of in my life.

Everything is falling into place.

It is a reality show... this show is never without drama.

It was an amazing experience to work with Michael Jackson, who is a legend.

It's surreal to know my dreams are coming true.

I love the sounds of Latin jazz, R&B, hip-hop, alternative, all that stuff. I'm a radio kid.

I'd like to know how to play the guitar.

I can dance, act, beatbox and whistle very well.

I'm excited and blessed.

Cosmic Ordering success sticks to you like mud to a blanket.

yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

Stationery gets me excited because it has an individual character, unlike computers, which may be convenient but are generic and bland.

A man is the origin of his action.

When farmers and ranchers are confronted by weather-related disasters that are beyond their control, we need to do something to help.

[The Euclidean algorithm is] the granddaddy of all algorithms, because it is the oldest nontrivial algorithm that has survived to the present day.

The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much criticism. Many of Japans brightest made it a pillar of strength and continuity.

The Beautiful is everywhere; perhaps more in the arrangement of your saucepans on the white walls of your kitchen than in your eighteenth-century living room or in the official museums.

The public mind [is] a cloudy region where only the simplest shapes are discerned with any accuracy.

The only failure is the failure to learn from conscious and deliberate efforts to make things better, even if those attempts fall short of the mark.