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" Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people. "

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" The only people with power today are the audience. And that is increasing with Twitter, Facebook, and everything else. We cater to their likes and dislikes, and you ignore that at your peril. "

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" I don't like kids that are pushed into things by stage mums, but when I can see they are having a good time, they're excited and enjoying the process, then I think it's wrong to discriminate. "

Having A Good Time

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" If we had to choose one American Idol to go out to dinner with, it would be Fantasia. There are no airs and graces about her... I like her. "

" When I think of invention, I always think of America. You're always seeing ads: 'Have you got the next big idea?' There seems to be that spirit in America of inventions and inventors. "

" When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum's house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me. "

" I'm not sure who has the right to say that you have better taste than somebody else, because essentially what you're doing is calling millions of people morons. "

" I turned down many chances to be on TV before 'Pop Idol' because I really wasn't interested in being famous. I didn't need it and didn't want it. "

" As an actor, I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman. I think he's a genius. "

" I've spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on the very best security and I can assure you my homes are as safe as the Bank of England. "

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

" I break up very well. I am a good breaker-upper. "

" I don't think I can do this anymore. "

" I've had Botox, but then again pretty much everyone I know has. To me, Botox is no more unusual than toothpaste. It works. You do it once a year - who cares? "

" Choosing how you vote should not be a snap verdict based on a few minutes of television. "

" I got good advice once. Someone said to me: 'Live in your money rather than look at it.' "

" When I look at it now, the whole punk thing is sort of comedy in a weird way. "

" I think America is a hard nut to crack. But once you get a toehold, it's a great place for an entrepreneur because people are so enthusiastic, and you have the most enthusiastic audiences in world. "

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" Anything I shouldn't laugh at makes me laugh. I mean, I'm bad at that, when somebody is singing something terribly and I'm thinking to myself, 'If I laugh now, this is the absolute worst thing I could ever do,' and then I start laughing and I can't stop. "

" Thank God kids love following an artist. When you get a group who pop, it's the best thing in the world. "

" I'm going to give all my money away, eventually. I don't believe in all this hand-down stuff. Even if I had kids, I don't think I'd want to give them everything. "

" If I go into a relationship with an artist, which at most is going to last five years, we have a 100-page contract covering every eventuality. Whereas with marriage you go into it with no contract, with laws that date back hundreds of years, and I don't think that's right. "

" I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it. "

Being Different

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