It is a reality show... this show is never without drama.

My gut and intuition told me it wasn't time to do this.

In all honesty, I'm not able to talk about contracts. It's nothing with 'American Idol' in particular, it's just things I really need to take care of in my life.

Everything is falling into place.

An American Idol is someone that has all the qualities that America thinks is positive, attractive and alluring.

It was an amazing experience to work with Michael Jackson, who is a legend.

It's surreal to know my dreams are coming true.

I love the sounds of Latin jazz, R&B, hip-hop, alternative, all that stuff. I'm a radio kid.

I'd like to know how to play the guitar.

I can dance, act, beatbox and whistle very well.

I'm excited and blessed.

Let your light shine.

See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask for no guarantees, ask for no security.

The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.

Memory is set up to use the past to imagine the future.

People find ideas a bore because they do not distinguish between live ones and stuffed ones on a shelf.

If lyrics make people do things, how come we don't love each other?

Promotion and perception are synonymous twins of art marketing.

As an adult, I can't blame my parents any more.

Man can seldom - very, very, seldom - fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.

The job of the architect becomes more difficult in this secular age. Where once he had a god to extol, he now has humans like himself; where once he had "he," he now has "she" and "they.