Being hurt by someone you really cared about, it makes me want to make them regret ever hurting my heart. Best way of doing that? Success. Get ready for it.

I always make a wish at 11:11, even if its something cheesy.

A lot of people who wanted to audition for Idol have asked me: “What should I do?” or “How to I prepare myself?” I always told them: “Just go in and believe in yourself.”

I listen to music when I'm feeling down or just a certain way. I don't know what I'd do without it!

Do not let anything get in your way of chasing your dreams.

The best part of being signed by a major label was having the support of a big company behind me and the ability to meet new artists and producers.

I was born in America, but I consider myself a Filipino.

Even though it was a stressful time in my life, I have a lot of good memories from my Idol experience.

The thing that I did not like about being signed to a label was I unable to have control over what I wanted to do.

My experience working with a major label was not all bad, I was blessed to go through that experience, and I know what to do during the next time around.

I want to release music that is true to myself.

Start before you're ready.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched- they must be felt with the heart.

Wisdom holds a candle to experience, but you've got to take the candle and walk alone.

One beach-colored. One brown. One Loved. One Loved a Little Less.

Advertising is not a rifle; it is a shotgun, and any campaign featuring outdoor boards of a cartoon animal inevitably will catch children in its spray.

When things mean a very great deal to you, exciting anticipation just isn't safe.

I never buy a piece of art. I don't see the point in buying something because I know my eyes will get bored of it eventually.

The government cannot become a bailout organization for companies on the verge of bankruptcy.

There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.

He who does a kindness to an ungrateful person, sets his seal to a flint and sows his seed upon the sand; on the former he makes no impression, and from the latter finds no product.