People confuse ego, lust, insecurity with true love.

I can't think of one person who is on TV who isn't vain. It's the nature of the beast. If you are on TV then you have a vanity, for sure. Just admit it! Why not?

Whether they run a record company or a grocery store, every boss will tell you you're in big trouble if you're borrowing more than you can ever afford to pay back. Delaying the pain for future generations is suicidal. We've got to start getting the deficit down right now, not next year.

Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that.

I've never liked the idea you have to be a certain age to be a pop star. I like the idea that anybody can enter, anybody can compete.

So I would only feel guilt if I misled somebody who was terrible.

The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner. The process makes you mean because you get frustrated.