"When I was driving home after registration, I heard this song on the radio, a guy singing about not ever going to class in college and always hanging out and singing for his friends. I laughed and said, I can relate, because it was so much like me. I realized right then I would pull out of school and pursue a music career."

"I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world."

"When I was very young I knew that I wanted to be in show business. I knew that I wanted to be an entertainer."

"The first song that I remember writing in its entirety was when I was 9 years old. I wrote it on a bus, on a field trip. It was called 'Mystery Man,' and in retrospect, it was the beginning of my exploration of what it was like to have a man in your life, because I didn't."

"Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing."

"In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word."

"Turkey's economy is powerful enough to tackle tough times."

"Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it."