Older women have always been attracted to me.

American Idol' is a $900 million-a-year corporation. When you are dealing with that, you can't come off with lies - it's either the truth or nothing.

American Idol' has done a great job of defaming my name and throwing a lot of mud at me for the past two years, so that set up a lot of roadblocks for me.

I've tried to move on with my life and my career for the last two years and do my own thing, and 'American Idol' and FOX, they've just been making it really tough for me to do that.

For the past two years,the only thing the 'Idol' machine has been doing has been maliciously attacking my name.

I need to set the record straight for myself.

The only person to look out for me is me. I've got to make sure Corey Clark is all right.

If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.

Forgiveness: best for cleansing. Forgetfulness best for repetition.

Papilio stomachus: fragile creatures, vulnerable to forst and betrayal.

You write by sitting down and writing. There's no particular time or place—you suit yourself, your nature. How one works, assuming he's disciplined, doesn't matter.

God save us always,' I said 'from the innocent and the good.

Luck cannot change birth.

I do not understand why, when I ask for grilled lobster in a restaurant, I'm never served a cooked telephone.

There are rainy days in autumn and stormy days in winter when the rocking chair in front of the fire simply demands an accompanying book.

You can be in Tokyo or Alberta at four in the morning in your hotel and you can still practice if you feel like it. A trombone cannot do that at four in the morning.

I wonder if in 2050 there will be a movie called, 'Dude, Where's My Spaceship'