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.

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.

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.

I want to release music that is true to myself.

Miserable are the persons who do not have something beyond themselves to search for.

I didn't like dancing in Canada. The managers of the clubs treated me as less than a cow. And Canadians don't tip so you have to ask for more base pay.

Snobbishness, like hypocrisy, is a check upon behaviour whose value from a social point of view has been underrated.

My goal was to bring good music back.

The greatest threat to the constitutional right to vote is voter fraud.

Babies are like the smallest, drunkest people you know.

We have certain differences over the ways to pursue our goals, but our final aims coincide, in my opinion.

It's rare that you get to work with actors, female or not, where you all get along. Just because of the nature of humanity.

The knowledge that unites love and wisdom, that uplifts the spirit is spirituality. The knowledge which gives you a broad vision and a big heart is spirituality.

But really, where leadership is born and where leadership is really bred is.