I don't want my album coming out with a 'G' rating. Nobody would buy it.

You have to believe in yourself, otherwise you can't do it. If you don't believe in yourself, how do expect anyone else to? Because ultimately, you're the one who has to do it.

Knowing what I know now and what I have been through, would I do it the same? I look at the alternative - a very simple life. It would have been nice to have a simple life.

I never smile unless I mean it.

My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down.

Success sometimes can really bite you in the shorts.

I wish I could dance like Michael Jackson. I'd love to be able to have my life exactly the way it is, but with his dance moves.

I love cranberry juice, but I'm not a coffee drinker - as a Mormon, I avoid caffeine.

It's a lot of work to keep reinventing yourself and coming up with new stuff, but that's what it takes to be in show business.

Sometimes people take it for granted that they had success, especially nowadays when you have instant stardom. A lot of people feel entitlement and nobody is entitled to anything.

I had a rough spot about being a goody-goody Mormon, and not drinking or smoking. But I'm kind of grateful I've got this image now. There are no skeletons in my closet. What you see is what you get.

But in the desert, in the pure clean atmosphere, in the silence – there you can find yourself. And unless you begin to know yourself, how can you even begin to search for God?

Seek to know thy sacred soul.

To the young man a kind of worship of some power outside himself is essential. one has strength and enthusiasm and wants gods to worship.

Think, dream and expect great things. For would you rather be correct in your perception? Or would you rather be exceptional in your life?

Malignant phenomena do not come out of a golden age.

If someone tells you you're crazy enough times, eventually it becomes true. It's that old psychiatrist's joke: insanity's all in your head.

Not fighting, avoiding talking to fans... that's when the thoughts creep in about retiring and moving on to something else.

Funny, how moms can tell you what to do no matter how old or big you are.

Be shocking, be daring, be bold, be passionate.

Role is something people play, model is something people make, both of those things are fake.