Top 81 Quotes & Sayings by David Archuleta

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Last updated on September 18, 2024.
David Archuleta

David James Archuleta is an American pop singer. At ten years old, he won the children's division of the Utah Talent Competition, leading to other television singing appearances. When he was twelve years old, Archuleta became the Junior Vocal Champion on the second season of Star Search, known as "Star Search 2". In 2008, he finished second on the seventh season of American Idol.

Relationships are about helping motivate each other to be all that you can be.
I like the pop music, but I still want to have meaning in my music.
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.'
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.
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. — © David Archuleta
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.
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?
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.
If not music, I think it would be pretty cool to be an ear, nose and throat doctor.
I really like the European carols, and I like that captivating sound that they have that isn't usually in Christmas songs.
I want to make sure that I make music that lasts. I've been experimenting. I've been writing.
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.
It's cool when people notice that you make an effort to live certain values.
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.
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. — © David Archuleta
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.
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.
What I've learned is that music affects the way you feel. A song can change someone's life.
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.'
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
I love Sara Bareilles. She's just so clever. I wish I were her. She's so awesome.
I definitely want to do music for the rest of my life. So I just want to make sure that I'm doing music in the way that I feel is the way I need to.
Relationships are about helping motivate each other to be all that you can be
Without the darkness, we can't really appreciate the light
More than fans, they felt like a team of morale-boosters who would always be around to remind me of my own worth
When they're people who are your fans, you know, 'cause they really feel what you're singing, that's my favorite
Am I crazy or falling in love? Is it really just another crush?
Things never happen exactly how you think they will.
It's really important to do everything that you possibly can to stay true to yourself.
To be honest I always have to say no one is guiding me better than God
I don't want a be bird because birds get attacked too much. But it would be cool to fly.
It's fun just spending time with everyone. It's something that's so simple, yet so valuable to me
I want to be the best parent I can be. I want to be the best husband I can be
No one can see your life the way you see it.
Only recently I’ve learned, it’s an obvious thing, but it just took me a while to realize
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.
I made up my mind not to care so much about the destination, and simply enjoy the journey. — © David Archuleta
I made up my mind not to care so much about the destination, and simply enjoy the journey.
No one can understand what’s the best thing for you to do, other than yourself.
...I started to realize how many great things could happen by confronting the things that scare you most.
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.
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
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".
If you close your eyes to see the view, you miss everything surrounding you
Once you let yourself believe that you've gotten to the top, you've lost sight of the real goal. Which is to keep climbing no matter what. And by climbing, I don't mean trying to out do yourself with even more accomplishments. Instead, what I mean is that just when we think we have done something well, we should start looking at the other areas of our lives that need attention.
you'll never be lonely if you learn to be friend your self
Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing.
I perceive the world through the wide range of emotions that whirl all around in it. — © David Archuleta
I perceive the world through the wide range of emotions that whirl all around in it.
Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart.
Sometimes when you least expect it, the tables turn and that scary feeling that has taken hold of you for so long somehow turns into hope
Every time I would think about my purpose, the answers seemed to come in sounds. In melodies. In feelings.
Without inspiration, we’re all like a box of matches that will never be lit.
The reason why you date people is to get to know who you're gonna marry and spend the rest of your life with
What Ive learned is that music affects the way you feel. A song can change someones life.
Being on a mission-not thinking about myself and focusing on serving other people-is what brought me closer to God than anything else.
I hope to always be myself, except more mature and knowing more.
Tell me why you're so hard to forget. Don't remind me, I'm not over it. Tell me why, I can't seem to face the truth, I'm just a little too not over you.
The worst part of fame is not always knowing what I’m doing the next day
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