I think one of the things I was shocked about was how interested the world is in 'American Idol' and how people, writers, they write about 'Idol' all the time, and I guess I didn't expect that.

You wanna know what scares people? Success. When you don't make moves and when you don't climb up the ladder, everybody loves you because you're not competition.

Cause I'm still hood, Hollywood couldn't change me.

You have to know that as long as you love who you are - your morals, your values, that type of stuff - you're OK.

Greatness is what we on the brink of.

Like, I mean I don't even know why you girls bother at this point. Like give it up, it's me. I win and you lose.

I cannot hold a grudge against Mariah Carey. What people don't understand is that I've looked up to her for so many years.