I think one of the things I was shocked about was how interested the world is in 'American Idol' and how people, writers, they write about 'Idol' all the time, and I guess I didn't expect that.

Lavender is the new pink. I'll never stop wearing pink but I wanted to venture out.

True confidence leaves no room for jealousy. When you know your are great, you have no need to hate.

People will love you and support you when it's beneficial.

You wanna know what scares people? Success. When you don't make moves and when you don't climb up the ladder, everybody loves you because you're not competition.

Call it a curse, or just call me blessed, if you can't handle my worst, you ain't getting my best

You're not gonna tell me who I am. I'm gonna tell you who I am.

Refuse to lose, Refuse to be defeated, Refuse to have regrets.

Still I rise Still I fight Still I might crack a smile Keep my eyes on the prize See my haters tell em hi

Cause I am not a word, I am not a line. I am not a girl that can ever be defined

Good advice I always hated, but lookin back it made me greater.

Do you believe a man can truly love a woman and constantly betray her?Never mind physically but betray her in his mind, in the very "poetry of his soul".Well, it's not easy but men do it all the time.

And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word.

You can always tell the heart of man by what he do, and by what he don't do...

Mitt Romney is doing what he can. He's trying very hard. He wants to unite America, the rich with the wealthy, the poor with the indigent, and the white with the Caucasian.

Beaurocracy destroys initiative.

You can't put a title card at the head of the movie and say, "Well, we really had a bad problem. You know, the actor got sick and it rained this day and we had a hurricane."

My personal favorite records might have to be "Keep It Rollin" and "360" featuring Meek Mill...oh and the Intro Is Murder!

Along the borders to Ethiopia and Somalia, anarchy reigns, the police and military have retreated quite some distance.

Great minds think alike.

I'm responsible for what I am and what I want to be. I'm not trying to live by another's standards.