My advice would be to follow your dream. Most of my life, I was in second place before I came in first place. I hope that inspired people to never give up.

I love being in Malibu. It's so cool there, and the water is just, it's nice and, and I love the beach. And I found a sand dollar there.

It's good to kind of get away from the star treatment.

That's really all I want, to be able to change the world with my voice.

Acting and singing are actually very similar because they're both telling a story.

I normally wear Stuart Weitzman or Kors Michael Kors.

I like 'Sponge Bob' and 'The Last Airbender.' I like shows where people get creative to do the impossible.

Singing is my main goal, and I think philosophy will help me write songs.

Um, well, I made a new CD called 'Dream With Me' and it's out now, and I'm really excited about it.

I'm not really a fan of people who think they're better than others. There's no reason to act that way. I couldn't even stand to yell at someone if they bumped right into me.

I'd love to do a Broadway show, but I can't because of the style I sing.

you are only what you are when no one is watching.

Every body and thing has politics involved. Every. Single. Thing.

I define spirituality as a search for love, beauty, happiness and wisdom. Spirituality is a journey that we never finish.

Liquor - you can make it illegal but you can't make it unpopular.

I don't have a good attention span and can't spend long in record stores or video shops or games emporiums without getting grumpy.

I paint the cot, As truth will paint it, and as bards will not.

Never allow your own sorrow to absorb you, but seek out another to console, and you will find consolation.

I was in a two-person show [with Oliver Ralli] called the Midwesterners where we wrote all of our own stuff and we traveled the country with it. That's what eventually led me to L.A.

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how many can get through to you.

Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.