I prefer to sing in the shower because the acoustics make you sound great, baby.

It's believing you can push through the exhaustion just to be able to sing after you do a cartwheel or a split.

I cried when I found out I was a finalist, I kind of went limp when they called my name. I felt like my spirit jumped out of my body, and I was just flesh - it was just amazing.

The live setting is always better for me. I usually thrive at live. I feel like having a band behind me and being able to interact with the crowd helps boost my energy up.

Always stay true to yourselves.

If my life was a song the title would be 'Naima'.

I've been doing African dance all my life.

I wouldn't mind doing Broadway, but I am definitely trying to get a album out there first.

I couldn't imagine having to write a paper and have to think about what song I am going to sing.

Tasers are a one-size-fits-all paranormal butt-kicking option. Mine’s pink withrhinestones.

I have seen people who find that grief gives them something they never had before, and no matter how terrible and real their loss they choose to hug that awfulness to them rather than push it away.

...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime.

The past is past. You tried to kill yourself. So what? I humped a couch in season twelve. We all have our skeletons.

History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang.

I am the master of my fate I am the captain of my soul.

Arnold Schwarzenegger looks like a brown condom full of walnuts.

I'd like to be in the country so that I'd could like being in the city.

There has been this - and it's reflected in the broadcasts - this moronic use of statistics. Which has suggested to everyone who is intelligent the use of statistics is moronic.