I look up to Andrea Boccelli and Sarah Brightman. The best part about 'America's Got Talent' was performing with her!

I love being in Malibu. It's so cool there, and the water is just, it's nice and, and I love the beach. And I found a sand dollar there.

My advice would be to follow your dream. Most of my life, I was in second place before I came in first place. I hope that inspired people to never give up.

It's good to kind of get away from the star treatment.

That's really all I want, to be able to change the world with my voice.

Acting and singing are actually very similar because they're both telling a story.

I normally wear Stuart Weitzman or Kors Michael Kors.

I like 'Sponge Bob' and 'The Last Airbender.' I like shows where people get creative to do the impossible.

Singing is my main goal, and I think philosophy will help me write songs.

Um, well, I made a new CD called 'Dream With Me' and it's out now, and I'm really excited about it.

I'm not really a fan of people who think they're better than others. There's no reason to act that way. I couldn't even stand to yell at someone if they bumped right into me.

Love was never meant to be contained solely in our hearts, just as life in a seed was always meant to break through into the world and become beauty to be shared.

When you take your place as the authority figure in your home, your child will feel more safe in the real world, not the screen world.

A child who is disciplined will be more obedient and also more organized as a student.

Feeling good about yourself and your life is very important. I'm a happy woman, happy with my husband, my daughters, my grandchildren. We all get along quite well, and that keeps me centered.

God is punishing me for my past wickedness by keeping me alive and in as much pain as he can.

Truthfulness is a cornerstone in character, and if it be not firmly laid in youth, there will ever after be a weak spot in the foundation.

A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone.

Power's twin is responsibility.

I realize that it is an unpopular and unhumanitarian position, for which I have been excoriated by 'liberal' colleagues, but I think Plessy v. Ferguson was right and should be re-affirmed.

Quite frequently, he who goes too fast gets there too late - or not at all.