I take all of my life lessons, which some people might call 'mistakes,' and apply them to my future so that I keep growing.

Sometimes I'll flip through a magazine and do a double take when I see myself in it, it's just crazy!

It's totally weird to see myself on a billboard!

The people that go on 'American Idol' do want some recognition and fame.

I'm a really emotional person so I cry for everything.

I'm a huge shoe person, and I have lots of shoes.

I wear a lot of black, but not in the goth way, I just really love black. I'll never be in pink or purples.

I started singing at age five and haven't stopped since.

I never thought I would become a television host, but I never thought anybody would pay me to just talk.

I love every kind of music.

I like things in my hair - big feather pieces.

It is sad that people seek money more than wisdom.

Depression - it falls into that small category of things like combat that, if you haven't been in it, you can say you can imagine it all you like. But it's truly different.

All history is but a romance, unless it is studied as an example.

I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - not copy it.

Faith, hope and charity - faith, hope and charity - those are the tools God gave me. Ad I keep circling around it.

People are like lice - they get under your skin and bury themselves there. You scratch and scratch until the blood comes, but you can't get permanently deloused.

Dedicated researchers seek better treatments and cures for diabetes, kidney disease, Alzheimer's and every form of cancer. But these scientists face an array of disincentives. We can do better.

I don't see the point in signing on to do something and then leaving.

As for discipline and rules, I confess, I've never been good with either.

When you don’t become fixated on winning the prize or appearing successful, and instead pursue your passions, then you will discover the fulfillment that comes from living by instinct.