Top 50 Quotes & Sayings by Ruben Studdard

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Ruben Studdard.

Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Ruben Studdard is an American singer and actor. He rose to fame as winner of the second season of American Idol and received a Grammy Award nomination in 2003 for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his recording of "Superstar". In the years following Idol, Studdard has released seven studio albums, including his platinum-selling debut, Soulful, and the top-selling gospel follow-up, I Need an Angel. He is most well known for his recording career, which has produced hits including "Flying Without Wings", "Sorry 2004", and "Change Me", but he has also segued into television and stage work. Most notably, he starred as Fats Waller in a national tour revival of Ain't Misbehavin', which spawned a Grammy-nominated soundtrack.

American - Musician | Born: September 12, 1978

Source: Wikipedia

Because I gave myself - I left school after the second semester of my junior year to pursue a career in music. and I gave myself five years to make it and I made it in three.

Ruben Studdard

I'm always happy for people when I see God blessing them the way he's blessed me.

Ruben Studdard

I'm not in the best shape, but I want to prove to myself I can do something that seems insurmountable and inspire others by showing them no matter where they are in their fitness goals, they can do it, too.

Ruben Studdard

I've toured the world with David Foster and all kinds of different people. It's been a great ride, and I don't think it's about to stop any time soon.

Ruben Studdard

I am comfortable with anything I sing: jazz, gospel, classical. It doesn't matter. I can do it all.

Ruben Studdard

Simon is cool. You know, it's different if you ever see him around his mom. He acts totally different.

Ruben Studdard

If you eat good, you feel good. I would encourage every body else to do the same.

Ruben Studdard

Dairy products are not good for a singer.

Ruben Studdard

And I just pray that god gives me longevity in the music industry.

Ruben Studdard

My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.

Ruben Studdard

I feel as if I've been able to do so many things I never expected to do.

Ruben Studdard

I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool.

Ruben Studdard

I don't have any concerns about my weight. I've always been healthy. I eat right. I'm just a big dude. I've always been happy with the person I am. So that will never change.

Ruben Studdard

You know, I played football, I was offensive tackle in college.

Ruben Studdard

We became somewhat household names really quickly, within a matter of - what? - three, four months. So it's hard to get used to, and it's really sometimes hard to understand.

Ruben Studdard

I want to make sure I continue to make good music that my mom and everybody around me can be proud of.

Ruben Studdard

When one person does something that works, everyone else wants to do it. So it didn't surprise me at all to see people come with different versions of 'American Idol' and a lot of them are exactly the same but with different twists.

Ruben Studdard

The only thing about my life that's really changed is the fact that a lot of people know me now. I'm still the same person.

Ruben Studdard

I feel like I have been totally blessed with everything that I have done.

Ruben Studdard

People just take your kindness for weakness sometimes, and that's just the bottom line.

Ruben Studdard

I've never had any health problems and I'm Ruben, man, all the way through.

Ruben Studdard

All of them had so much to offer us as far as, you know, knowledge in the music industry, and especially Randy and Paula because, you know, they've been artists.

Ruben Studdard

I never want to try to be a spokesperson for health and wellness because I most definitely am not the most in shape person in the world.

Ruben Studdard

I have a greater goal - to empower young people through music education.

Ruben Studdard

So I've never in my whole life really been teased about my weight.

Ruben Studdard

I want to be around for a long time. I don't want to be a one-hit wonder.

Ruben Studdard

I'm racing against me. As long as I come across the finish, I'll be okay.

Ruben Studdard

I've been blessed because there are a lot of great singers out there that didn't make it past their first album.

Ruben Studdard

I grew up in the '80s, and there was no bigger group than New Edition in R&B. I broke my piggy bank so me and my mom could go to a New Edition concert together.

Ruben Studdard

I don't like to be a preacher or anything, but the one thing that I've learned is that you truly are what you eat.

Ruben Studdard

I don't want to be a one-hit wonder.

Ruben Studdard

I'm in the process of brainstorming with my marketing team and all that stuff, trying to come up with a concept for a late-night restaurant for people in Birmingham.

Ruben Studdard

I think I look good. I think I look real good.

Ruben Studdard

You know, Simon he's an artist representative, but Randy and Paula actually were in the industry as artists so they had, you know, the information that they offered to us from their aspect.

Ruben Studdard

I went to public school, and it shaped me as a musician.

Ruben Studdard

I just want to make good music that, you know, appeals to all people, man. I want to branch out and you know just have a lot of multiplatinum albums.

Ruben Studdard

But I also live to perform and I've been performing my whole life, whether it's been in sports or you know in band or with my singing.

Ruben Studdard

I just never let anything bother me, man. I know myself really well. Nobody's opinion of me can shake my opinion of myself.

Ruben Studdard

I think the best part for me is just being able to perform for people every week.

Ruben Studdard

I never knew that the things I wanted to do would come this fast, but this is the route that God took me, and so I'm excited.

Ruben Studdard

Some find it in their lovers eyes, who can deny the joy it brings. When you've found that special thing, you're flying without wings.

Ruben Studdard

I feel like my unwillingness to look for healthy options now is the reason why I have put my weight back on. … Everybody knows how to diet, everybody has had their shares of ups and downs of yo-yo diets, but the hardest thing is to learn really how to make this a lifestyle that you can sustain for the rest of your life.

Ruben Studdard

And to be able to do it, to be able to accomplish the goal you've always set for yourself is always a blessing.

Ruben Studdard

The schedule is really crazy and the fans are sometimes kind of crazy, but other than that it's been - it's been cool.

Ruben Studdard

You can be confident and secure and know that you do a good job at what you do. But you don't know to be arrogant about it.

Ruben Studdard

I mean I've always been a big dude.

Ruben Studdard

People don't have to like or support you. So you always have to say thank you.

Ruben Studdard

In life we all go through different situations that cause you to reflect. I had the opportunity to be married to a wonderful person. And for some reason two good people couldn't make a good thing work. But in life, the one thing that I love about being an artist is that you can sometimes use the pain that you go through to make beautiful things.

Ruben Studdard

I mean always had a lot of self-confidence.

Ruben Studdard

You have to learn that if you start making sure you feel good, everything will be okay.

Ruben Studdard