I just want people to know that if they want to change the direction of the country, they can do it, but only if they're active, informed, and engaged.

Some people seem to understand this - that life and change take time - but I am not one of those people.

I think I'm actually quite a materialistic person, I value what it takes to make a car or build a nice house. Money does change things, but how it changes people depends on how they react to it.

I have a big fear of change, or negative change, anyway. I'm basically the same person I was when I won 'Idol,' or when I was 10.

I don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes.

You change with the guys you date.

If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do.

If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America.

Human memory is a marvelous but fallacious instrument. The memories which lie within us are not carved in stone not only do they tend to become erased as the years go by, but often they change, or even increase by incorporating extraneous features.

It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while.