Quotes from David Archuleta

I like cartoons. I like 'Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.' It's funny! It has things that kids wouldn't get. It's like, if you're mature, you get it. I like that and 'The Fairly OddParents.'

What I find is really interesting is the Ear-Nose-Throat doctor thing, which I know would take a lot of work and education, but it's something that really interests me, because it's something that helps people who've had the same problems as me, with the whole hearing and nose congestion and problems with your voice.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart.

Am I crazy or falling in love? Is it really just another crush?

Especially now, with 'Glee,' it's allowed a lot of kids to love music and performing at a young age. All ages watched 'American Idol,' but I think it was nice to be able to show kids, 'Hey, you can be here, too.'

I love Sara Bareilles. She's just so clever. I wish I were her. She's so awesome.

do u ever think, when ur all alone, all tht we could be, where this can go, am i crazy, or falling in love?

If you have kids and stuff what kind of dad do I wanna be for my kids, and what kind of mom do I want them to have

Relationships are about helping motivate each other to be all that you can be.

All my mom's side speaks Spanish. I speak to my grandparents in Spanish. Slowly. And they're patient with me! But I do speak with them in Spanish and carry on conversations with them.

My mom is just someone who's easy to talk to and hang with. My sister, it's always cool to be able to help her out with things. My brother is fun when we're just joking and messing around. And my dad is someone who's helpful with my music and easy to talk to about that stuff because he understands me in that sense.

It's cool when people notice that you make an effort to live certain values.

I want to figure out what kind of artist I want to be, because with the 'American Idol' process, it just works really fast. The night of the finale, they said, 'OK, here are all the label people that you're gonna work with, this is the album you're gonna make and blah, blah, blah.' So it was a pretty fast process, but it's been cool.

you'll never be lonely if you learn to be friend your self

There's a lot of really talented people in Utah, people who would really make an effort to make the music the best that it could be and as emotional as it could be.

No one can understand what's the best thing for you to do, other than yourself.