I regret those times when I've chosen the dark side. I've wasted enough time not being happy.

Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me.

LaToya London

A tree is known by its fruit a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

Saint Basil

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today

Franklin D. Roosevelt

She is a peacock in everything but beauty!

Oscar Wilde

Truth builds trust.

Marilyn Suttle

Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest.

Kinky Friedman

I was at the Smithsonian for twenty years, and I'm still at the Smithsonian as a curator emeritus, and I still plan to figure out what that means for me at this point in my life.

Bernice Johnson Reagon

So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write songs. Songs that are about living, about what it's like to be going through all the things that people go through in life.

Jackson Browne

I came here because the city has a tradition and is a very respected food city.

Emeril Lagasse

You can't be a winner and be afraid to lose.

Charles Lynch

A winner never whines.

Paul Brown

Singing really is acting. In a lot of ways, it's much more personal. I love music, and being able to work on that is amazing.

Leighton Meester