It is what it is, it is what you make it.

My favorite type of music to sing and to listen to, you know, rock. It's not always metal, but you know, half the time it is. Metal's cool, you know? Not everybody on 'American Idol' listens to metal.

It is what it is, it is what you make it.

The first time I heard The Beatles, I cried. It was 'Let it Be'.

I appreciate what others have done in the past especially for my genre, and my style of singing. And they sure put a footprint - you know, they got the foot in the door, but I'm going to put my foot straight through the door.

The first think I did when I found out I was a finalist, was, I don't remember, because it felt like it was an out of body experience.

As soon as I got up on that stage, and I remembered how welcoming and warming the judges, their presence is, and it was just all uphill from there.

I have Tourettes and Aspergers, but Tourrets and Aspergers don't have me. You know, I'm doing what I can to suppress it and I don't let it take advantage of me. It's not who I am. You know, I'm James Durbin. Like I said in the beginning, I am here to show America who I am, and it is what it is.

If my life were a song it would be called 'Don't Stop Believing'. Yeah.

Give metal a chance!

The living soul of man, once conscious of its power, cannot be quelled.

I loved scary movies growing up.

I think everyone in their life has some point on their life wanted to be like everybody else or wanted to be like the captain of the football team.

Immigration is a system and a set of policies. And immigrants are the people behind those policies and behind that system, and the human stories.

I am not a lover of Israel, of course. I have no reason to be. But I don't hate Jews.

We proved that the aggressors do not necessarily emerge as the victors, but we learned that the victors do not necessarily win peace.

The first time at Louis Vuitton was Spring 2009 season, and I remember that the colors of the clothes were very dreamy.

I was at a bar nursing a beer. My nipple was getting quite soggy.

The greatest job creation is driven by entrepreneurs and young businesses, so they merit special attention.

Simultaneously, the movie business now experiments with a colorblind approach to casting.

One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.

My old boyfriend, Warren Beatty, used to say I was a late developer,' she reflects. 'He was right. It took me 50 years to find motherhood and unconditional love.'

Beyond my body my veins are invisible.

The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle songs and these came at a time when life was at its most destructive. I think you write about what you need, on some level.

You have to live the mission, love what you do.

A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.

Everything matters, but nothing matters very much.

Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school Id try to read my lessons and the children behind me were falling on the floor with laughter.

Each of you is a unique child of God. God knows you individually. He sends messages of encouragement, correction, and direction fitted to you and to your needs.

With comedy, you really want to work things out beforehand.

You can't help but reveal your bias, and you can't but invest personally in any story that you tell.

Despite the demands of this job, one of the things my wife and I try to do is to spend time together alone. And one of the things we really enjoy doing together is seeing a good movie.

I'm not a great player, but I'm a damn good one.

I've lost lots of men in my life, besides my mother, which is a whole different loss.