American Idol' is a $900 million-a-year corporation. When you are dealing with that, you can't come off with lies - it's either the truth or nothing.

Older women have always been attracted to me.

American Idol' has done a great job of defaming my name and throwing a lot of mud at me for the past two years, so that set up a lot of roadblocks for me.

I've tried to move on with my life and my career for the last two years and do my own thing, and 'American Idol' and FOX, they've just been making it really tough for me to do that.

For the past two years,the only thing the 'Idol' machine has been doing has been maliciously attacking my name.

I need to set the record straight for myself.

The only person to look out for me is me. I've got to make sure Corey Clark is all right.

Your history is not your future.

It is easier to hold on to a dream than it is to let it go.

What praise is more valuable than the praise of an intelligent servant?

Air Power is, above all, a psychological weapon - and only short-sighted soldiers, too battle-minded, underrate the importance of psychological factors in war.

There's a combination of things [to survive the road trip]. Humor would be key. If everyone has relatively the same sense of humor, then that helps. And things in common, like food, eating.

Brazil is where I have to be, where I have my roots.

The more I see of life the more I perceive that only through solitary communion with nature can one gain an idea of its richness and meaning.

The only thing that it is advisable to know in any language is the numerals; and even there, you can do a lot with the fingers.

I do think non-linearly. So I think that comes off as nervousness or anxiety in a person.

We shot 'High School Musical' in eight weeks. I spent longer rehearsing for 'Hairspray' than filming 'High School Musical'.