I'm excited and blessed.

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

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.

If you want vampires and werewolves, faeries, fallen angels or zombies, you won't find them here. I know a real-life monster.

A well-lived day is medicine unto itself.

In this otherworldly moment I am profoundly grateful to be here, to be alone, to experience this thing that no one has ever experienced and that no one else ever will.

I quite agree with Dr. Nordau's assertion that all men of genius are insane, but Dr. Nordau forgets that all sane people are idiots.

I want to live and feel all the shades, tones, and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.

If I can see it and believe it, then I can achieve it.

We run heedlessly into the abyss after putting something in front of us to stop us from seeing it.

If there were no guns, we couldn't talk about it, ... You turn on TV, you see soldiers marching with guns. We only talk about things that's happening.

You want to play in the best stadiums against the best players - your Real Madrid's and Barcelona's - you want to play those teams.

Your children are not your children, they come through you, but they are life itself, wanting to express itself.