Quotes from David Archuleta

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.

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.

I really like the European carols, and I like that captivating sound that they have that isn't usually in Christmas songs.

Being on a mission-not thinking about myself and focusing on serving other people-is what brought me closer to God than anything else.

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.

To be honest I always have to say no one is guiding me better than God

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 like the pop music, but I still want to have meaning in my music.

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?

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 make sure that I make music that lasts. I've been experimenting. I've been writing.

The reason why you date people is to get to know who you're gonna marry and spend the rest of your life with

No one can see your life the way you see it.

What Ive learned is that music affects the way you feel. A song can change someones life.

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.

If not music, I think it would be pretty cool to be an ear, nose and throat doctor.

Every time I would think about my purpose, the answers seemed to come in sounds. In melodies. In feelings.

It's fun just spending time with everyone. It's something that's so simple, yet so valuable to me

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.'

Wasting time just going mindless, watching your charades. When you were younger, did it occur to you 10 years from then you'd act the same age?

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.

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".

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.