I liked being able to work with all the different producers and take what they brought to the table and bring my own style to it.

I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up, but I'm happy with myself. I'm not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here.

I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life.

The message I'll share...is that inclusion is extremely important for kids with and without disabilities.

A song can be more than words and music ... when sung with soul a song carries you to another world, to a place where no matter how much pain you feel, you are never alone.

I like to talk. I'm a terrible dancer. I love my hometown. I have freckles and oversized ears. I'm a geeks. I have tried not to hide who I am or what matters to me.

Well, fortunately we found out that the runner-up our particular year was going to get a record contract also. So it was kind of a - it was bitter sweet but it was an opportunity.

It doesn't really matter to me how I make a difference, I just wanna make sure that I do.

I know this is going to sound cheesy and like I'm trying to be Miss America, but the most important responsibility a celebrity has is to set an example and be a role model.

And I think that when I finally decided to let go and let God and allow that to happen, I became a lot more successful than I could have done if I had planned it all myself.

I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities.

When you go beyond your limitations, that is called success.

When does one qualify (for moksha)? It is when he never has any conflict in the worldly life.

As a filmmaker, I always took my inspiration from a filmmaker named Marcel Ophüls, who said, "I always have a point of view, but the trick is showing how hard it is to come to that point of view."

I don’t have to be logical. I’m a leopard. We’re considered wild animals, you know.

All you have to do is just believe in what's there; then, the audience will, too.

No one's ever completely broken. It's just a matter of how much has to fall apart before the ember of life is exposed to air.

I drink when I want and how much I want. Sometimes I get in really bad states, but it doesn't cause me or anyone else any problems.

Any two particles in the universe attract each other through the gravitational interaction.

Half-knowledge is worse than ignorance.

He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all.