I guess NBC must have noticed that one of my main staples is social media. So, when they approached me for The Voice, I thought "Why not be the first one to do it?"

Living in Maryland, I saw that the opportunities were far greater in California than back home.

I was living in Maryland and my first week was dreadful. My first week I actually got into a fight at school

I enjoy being happy every day, and hopefully you can hear my happiness in my music. Life is beautiful.

Even in relationships, I don't get my hopes up or anything, especially not right now because I know I'm young and I've got plenty of time later in the future.

I also have two dogs, a Chihuahua and a Yorkshire terrier, so if they like him, that's a good sign.

I like doing arts and crafts, so I would probably go to one of those fun little ceramic places and go paint some plates and do something fun like that

For one year I did go to Performing Arts School, and I had very weird friends.

Love yourself for who you are. You are beautiful inside and out, and nobody can take that away from you.

I signed to Def Jam and within two months, I heard that Ja Rule was looking for someone to do a song with.

When I meet somebody, I hang out with them, and it's all good, but I don't take it too seriously

I have watched for as long as stars existed, and only lived a short time. I am not as old as you, and ageless. You are family, beyond words, beyond song, you are mine and I am yours.

All of us have a romantic streak in us. That's why we are fallible, aren't we?

When you have life, you can weather any storm. You're breathing. You have life.

To truly be feminine means being soft, receptive, and - look out, here it comes - submissive.

My favorite thing is being able to travel around the world and perform for my fans. I think I've lost 80 percent of my hearing. I definitely have very loud fans.

Fish oil is a great protein for your hair.

Live well. Sing out, sing loud, and sing often. And God bless the child that's got a song.

A system could not well have been devised more studiously hostile to human happiness than marriage.

America, and particularly your conservative movement, is a light and an inspiration to people in this country and across the world.

It must be confessed that the inventors of the mechanical arts have been much more useful to men than the inventors of syllogisms.