It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.
I'm being trained to shake the bon-bon appropriately.
I was on TV for almost sixteen weeks during American Idol. It's at the point now where it's old.
I'm religious. I think this is something God had planned for me.
In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people.
It doesn't really matter to me how I make a difference, I just wanna make sure that I do.
It's a whole team of people working 24 hours around the clock to make me look like this.
It's important that I make a difference in some way. It's not necessarily how I make a difference, but I want to make sure that I do.
You know, I think I'm a stronger person for realizing that you can't make everybody love you.
My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage.
The greatest glory never comes from falling, but from rising each time you fall.
There are stars out there who would die to have this much exposure.
Well, financially it's a little bit better. But it's better than than when I was a teacher. But I kind of - it's allowed me to buy a house. And I've been able to help my mother with some stuff and my brother. So, that's nice.
If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.
Well, fortunately we found out that the runner-up our particular year was going to get a record contract also. So it was kind of a - it was bitter sweet but it was an opportunity.