David Archuleta
It's cool when people notice that you make an effort to live certain values.Collection: Cool
I really like the European carols, and I like that captivating sound that they have that isn't usually in Christmas songs.Collection: Christmas
Relationships are about helping motivate each other to be all that you can be.
I've never had a celebrity crush! I don't believe in those, really. I feel like you have to get to know the person before you start to feel anything like that. People always think they know celebrities, but how can you when you've never met them?
I like cartoons. I like 'Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.' It's funny! It has things that kids wouldn't get. It's like, if you're mature, you get it. I like that and 'The Fairly OddParents.'
If not music, I think it would be pretty cool to be an ear, nose and throat doctor.
My mom is just someone who's easy to talk to and hang with. My sister, it's always cool to be able to help her out with things. My brother is fun when we're just joking and messing around. And my dad is someone who's helpful with my music and easy to talk to about that stuff because he understands me in that sense.
I love Sara Bareilles. She's just so clever. I wish I were her. She's so awesome.
Despite whatever commercial kind of success you might have or radio success, I don't want to do something just to get as many people as possible to listen.
I want to figure out what kind of artist I want to be, because with the 'American Idol' process, it just works really fast. The night of the finale, they said, 'OK, here are all the label people that you're gonna work with, this is the album you're gonna make and blah, blah, blah.' So it was a pretty fast process, but it's been cool.
I want to make sure that I make music that lasts. I've been experimenting. I've been writing.
I definitely want to do music for the rest of my life. So I just want to make sure that I'm doing music in the way that I feel is the way I need to.
What I've learned is that music affects the way you feel. A song can change someone's life.
All my mom's side speaks Spanish. I speak to my grandparents in Spanish. Slowly. And they're patient with me! But I do speak with them in Spanish and carry on conversations with them.
There's a lot of really talented people in Utah, people who would really make an effort to make the music the best that it could be and as emotional as it could be.
What I find is really interesting is the Ear-Nose-Throat doctor thing, which I know would take a lot of work and education, but it's something that really interests me, because it's something that helps people who've had the same problems as me, with the whole hearing and nose congestion and problems with your voice.
I like the pop music, but I still want to have meaning in my music.
My whole family has been such a great support, and they're the ones who have kept me grounded and allowed me to be who I am today.
I don't think songs have to be like these super-#1-smash-hit-sounding songs, because I think it's more important that it's like, 'Hey! This is coming out of me. This is something I connect with. This is something that I like to sing.'
I knew people liked me on 'American Idol,' but I didn't think they'd care to come see me sing at my own show.
It's the boring things that mean a lot to me. I enjoy taking my sisters to eat. Or sitting watching TV with my family.
Before 'American Idol' and all this stuff, I was obsessed with music charts, and I used to go online to find out what was popular in other countries. I'd log on to the BBC website, and that's how I found out about artists like Natasha Bedingfield, Daniel Bedingfield and Take That.
I really wanna do a Spanish album. I have that Latin culture background. It's a part of me. I'm not the best Spanish speaker, but I have a longing to connect with that. I just think how supportive the Latin community has been, even during 'Idol.' I'd like to give back with something like that.
It's so important for girls to respect themselves and not put themselves down and say, 'Oh, my life is horrible,' and 'I'm not pretty enough.' How do you know? There's this energy people give off that people can be drawn to.
Especially now, with 'Glee,' it's allowed a lot of kids to love music and performing at a young age. All ages watched 'American Idol,' but I think it was nice to be able to show kids, 'Hey, you can be here, too.'
Being on a mission-not thinking about myself and focusing on serving other people-is what brought me closer to God than anything else.Collection: Thinking
Without inspiration, we’re all like a box of matches that will never be lit.Collection: Inspiration
I like to believe that you don't need to reach a certain goal to be happy. I prefer to think that happiness is always there, and that when things don't go the way we might like them to, it's a sign from above that something even better is right around the corner.Collection: Life
I made up my mind not to care so much about the destination, and simply enjoy the journey.Collection: Journey
you'll never be lonely if you learn to be friend your selfCollection: Lonely
...I started to realize how many great things could happen by confronting the things that scare you most.Collection: Fear
Sometimes when you least expect it, the tables turn and that scary feeling that has taken hold of you for so long somehow turns into hopeCollection: Fear
No one can understand what’s the best thing for you to do, other than yourself.Collection: Best Things
Tell me why you're so hard to forget. Don't remind me, I'm not over it. Tell me why, I can't seem to face the truth, I'm just a little too not over you.Collection: Over You
Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart.Collection: Laughter
Relationships are about helping motivate each other to be all that you can beCollection: Helping
Things never happen exactly how you think they will.Collection: Thinking
Yes, I've worked hard; and yes, I may have achieved a certain level of success-but I'm very clear about the fact that none of it would be worth it without doing the things that keep me close to God.Collection: Facts
Searching for a perfect love is not easy to find,but having the love of our God is more perfect than what you have found".Collection: Love Is
It's really important to do everything that you possibly can to stay true to yourself.Collection: Important
No one can see your life the way you see it.Collection: Way
It's fun just spending time with everyone. It's something that's so simple, yet so valuable to meCollection: Fun
The reason why you date people is to get to know who you're gonna marry and spend the rest of your life withCollection: People
Every time I would think about my purpose, the answers seemed to come in sounds. In melodies. In feelings.Collection: Thinking
Without the darkness, we can't really appreciate the lightCollection: Light
I hope to always be myself, except more mature and knowing more.Collection: Knowing
I want to be the best parent I can be. I want to be the best husband I can beCollection: Husband
Am I crazy or falling in love? Is it really just another crush?Collection: Crush
I think the best way people can connect to you is by being realCollection: Real
Whenever this person comes (the right girl) I'm sure you'll feel something you knowCollection: Girl