My friends are mostly familiar with music that plays on the mainstream radio.

I always make a wish at 11:11, even if its something cheesy.

A lot of people who wanted to audition for Idol have asked me: “What should I do?” or “How to I prepare myself?” I always told them: “Just go in and believe in yourself.”

I listen to music when I'm feeling down or just a certain way. I don't know what I'd do without it!

Do not let anything get in your way of chasing your dreams.

The best part of being signed by a major label was having the support of a big company behind me and the ability to meet new artists and producers.

Being hurt by someone you really cared about, it makes me want to make them regret ever hurting my heart. Best way of doing that? Success. Get ready for it.

I was born in America, but I consider myself a Filipino.

Even though it was a stressful time in my life, I have a lot of good memories from my Idol experience.

The thing that I did not like about being signed to a label was I unable to have control over what I wanted to do.

My experience working with a major label was not all bad, I was blessed to go through that experience, and I know what to do during the next time around.

Adversity discourages losers

Five years of someone's life is too much to lose over a throwaway comment.

To some extent, people who are insane are nonconformists, and society and their family wish they would live what appear to be useful lives.

I love writing books - I really do. If I could just quit everything and work on a book every day, I would love that most.

There are no unnatural or supernatural phenomenon, only very large gaps in our knowledge of what is natural... we should strive to fill those gaps of ignorance.

Learn from your mistakes, trying to figure out what the best way to go forward is.

It's the independent movies. Most of these people never even got a wrap party on their movie.

To stake all one's life on a single moment, to risk everything on one throw, whether the stake be power or pleasure, I care not - there is no weakness in that.

The movie "Ed Wood," about the worst director of all time, was made to prepare us for "Stargate."

Ohio, you're too white, too many white people to be in any way meaningful in a presidential election.