Yamin Quotes

#1. I'm still Elliott Yamin. I'm still the funky white Jewish boy from Richmond, Va.

Elliott Yamin

#2. Celebrate while you can

Joyce Carol Oates

#3. Before 'Idol,' I was lost ... Now, I've actually followed through with something. I am a better man for it!

Elliott Yamin

#4. Growing up, I can remember singing along with my ma all of the time. I wouldn't say she necessarily 'taught' me how to sing, but she was definitely the first person to inspire me to sing and the first to intrigue me vocally. I've always had a natural ear for music, though.

Elliott Yamin

#5. I come from a family with big hearts, so I love to put smiles on people's faces.

Elliott Yamin

#6. My dad's Israeli. He was born in Baghdad to Iraqi Jews. Then, at age two, his parents wanted to move to their homeland and he grew up in Israel. I've been there twice, once as a baby and once when I was 15.

Elliott Yamin

#7. Be nice to nerds,,, one day u might have to work for one

Bill Gates

#8. Citizens, regardless of their political inclinations, carry a devout sense of their shared culture and its temperament - and, having contributed to it all their lives, hold decent and reasonable hopes for its continued integrity.

Michael Leunig

#9. But a male tree produces only small, well-behaved flowers - that is, if your definition of well behaved includes spewing plant sperm into the air for weeks on end.

Amy Stewart

#10. When I was a kid, I remember trying to emulate Stevie Wonder's sound, and Donny Hathaway's sound. It's just part of who I am - I'm just a soulful kind of dude.

Elliott Yamin

#11. Maybe I could be friends with a ghost. I wouldn't be able to kill him.

Kim Harrison

#12. I was introduced to soul music at a very young age - my mom was a soul singer.

Elliott Yamin

#13. In the 21st century, the countries that thrive will be the ones where citizens know their voices will be heard because the institutions are transparent.

Joe Biden

#14. Quite frankly, I'm tired of taking insulin and pumping my stomach every three days and pricking my finger and drawing blood out of it every day - it's a tedious, meticulous, annoying disease that never goes away. And I want to get rid of it like everybody else does.

Elliott Yamin

#15. I think the fact that I am living my dream and being really productive and embarking on all my lifelong aspirations is proof enough that if I can do it, anyone can. I try to tell everybody to dream big and go after their dreams.

Elliott Yamin

#16. To me, obstacles in life build character. You have to be able to overcome adversity in order to succeed and appreciate the simple things life has to offer ... that's where most of my inspiration for writing and singing comes from.

Elliott Yamin

#17. It's a very important issue to me, trying to wake people up to the fact that we'd better take better care of our planet.

Dan Fogelberg

#18. The oldest principle of composition: repeat everything.

Richard Powers

#19. Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen ... or not.

Sophia Amoruso

#20. If selfishness is the key to being miserable, then selflessness must be the key to being happy!

Joyce Meyer

#21. Music's something you feel. You have to feel it first before you hear it.

Elliott Yamin