You didn't beat the compotition you crushed the compotition!

If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.

My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.

Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise.

I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand...

I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.

That was extraordinary. Unfortunately, extraordinarily bad.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.

The best way to kill someone is from the inside, by crushing their hopes and dreams.

Do not let your problems prevent you from knocking on the doors of possibilities.

Frog in the mud is happier than the man, because it has no ambition to reach the stars!

If you don't stand for something, how can anyone respect what you do?

Mortality, behold, and fear, What a change of flesh is here! Think how many royal bones Sleep within this heap of stones.

The conservatism of a religion - it's orthodoxy - is the inert coagulum of a once highly reactive sap.

Quirky is sexy, like scars or chipped teeth. I also like tattoos they're rebellious.

Everybody thought Barack Obama was going to [inspire people] when he came to Washington, but, you know, the Senate seems like the place where smart people go to die.

So I'm taking a stand-and I hope others will-to really live what I believe and embrace who I am in Jesus Christ.

Played percussively, the piano is a bore. If I go to a concert and someone plays like that I have two choices: go home or go to sleep. The goal is to make the piano sing, sing, sing.