I think American Idol is a great career launcher. A blessing for all of us.

Off camera, I am not so quiet, I have a fun time, relaxed.

Actually, 19 is in charge of our career at that point. FOX publicity is in charge of the publicity that we get. I'm fine with it, it is really organized.

Jasmine apologized and said she was sorry and said she loved me, she couldn't believe it and said she thought it would be her. All of them were really, really sorry that it happened to me.

Last I checked, the album was #82 out of the top 200 on the Billboard charts thanks to you all. I pray that keeps moving up and with your help it will.

People love to see reactions, they love to see emotions that come about.

I want to tap into different styles. Something definitely mature, sultry, sensual, easy listening that everyone can enjoy. Every one of every race and everyone that likes different styles.

I wanted to bring back that big, ballad type of music that we used to love so much. Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, when they first came out, that's what I grew up singing.

Under so much pressure and the situation that I was in, that was the personality that came across with me.

6 is all about getting your house in order and I mean that metaphorically.

I know I'm happy and can't wait to see where my career will go next. This isn't the end for any of us. I can understand why they are upset but I want them to move forward and look for the future.

Another source of fallacy is the vicious circle of illusions which consists on the one hand of believing what we see, and on the other in seeing what we believe.

Patriotism or Nationalism without reasoning is what I call “Nationalist Fundamentalism”, which is as dangerous as “Religious Fundamentalism”.

Even the loveliest shoulders can bear but so much.

If you are too proud, you don't do business.

I don't think I've ever read poetry, ever. I'm not really book-smart.

Cleanliness is not next to godliness. It isn't even in the same neighborhood. No one has ever gotten a religious experience out of removing burned-on cheese from the grill of the toaster oven.

Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.

I don't have a nine-to-five brain.

Maybe if we tell the truth about the past, we can tell the truth about the present.

Mathematics is for lazy people.