Top 30 Jordin Sparks Quotes

If I eat something a little crazy or if I feel sluggish, I know I have to eat better the next day and work out. I work out, I do circuit training so I try to keep my heart rate up whether I’m doing cardio, lifting weights or jumping rope. I like to mix it up. I also take Zumba classes – I love those, those are a blast.

I’m a responsible soul. But anyone who has the chance to spend time with me can see I’m still 22 years old. I love talking about clothes and guys and shoes and makeup. Plus, I’m obsessed with anything Hello Kitty!

I’ve performed in Auburn Hills, at The Palace, so I haven‘t really been in downtown Detroit, but I’ve been able to be here, and I can really see, what the city was. Like, I can feel why Motown started here and how amazing it was.

I can do accents really well.

I looked massive next to Ryan Seacrest! But I was lucky that I’ve never had anyone say, ‘Jordin, you need to lose weight.’

I’ve written poetry since I was in the first grade, and it wasn’t until I was a little bit older that I realized poetry could be put to music and become a song.

If I don’t laugh at least 20 times a day – it hasn’t been a good day.

My goals are to tell meaningful stories through songs and touch people‘s lives… and hopefully make a living doing it.

In school, when we lived in New Jersey, we went to Broadway a lot, so I saw a lot of Broadway plays, and I just loved being able to see people play a different character and, you know, be able to be themselves at the end of the night. So, I’ve always wanted to do it.

With the ’60s era and Motown, my grandparents actually introduced us to that when I was younger, so I grew up listening to the Jackson Five, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Supremes and Diana Ross’ solo stuff. I just loved it.

When I was on ‘Idol‘ and 17, everything was so new. Everyone is so nice and wants to see you succeed.

I was always okay with the fact that I was taller and bigger than everybody else growing up. My mom, my dad, and my friends always told me I was beautiful.

With ‘Idol’ it’s kind of just like ‘OK, here’s this competition – I need to do better than somebody else.’

I love dill pickles! They’re on my rider for my concerts so I eat one every day.

I am growing and learning. There’s so much more that I want to accomplish and do. I’m gonna do it at whatever pace it happens. I’m not trying to rush anything or slow anything down.

‘Battlefield‘ was one of those slow-building songs, the way ‘Tattoo‘ was. It was kind of a word-of-mouth hit. The more people heard it, the more they started requesting it on the radio.

There are a lot of parallels to the ‘Sparkle‘ story and my story.

I am so used to being up on stage and talking to my fans that it’s strange to be on stage and be someone else. I can’t look at the audience during ‘In the Heights‘ or I will start talking to them.

I’ll splurge on Toblerone. I love Toblerone with the Swiss chocolate and nougat in it.

I love being able to sing for my job. I am blessed beyond words and I hope my fans can feel that while I’m on stage!

As far as friendships go, things change even without the fame. People start moving on. I have a few friends that are married and are starting to have kids and I’m like, ‘Oh my goodness gracious – that’s so insane.’ I also have friends who are just doing their own thing, which is cool.

Being on ‘Idol,’ you have no choice but to be an open book.

I love food and I love my curves.

When I go out clubbing I can dance ’til three o’clock in the morning with just a water bottle in my hand. I love dancing to anything with a good beat really. My favorite song to dance to at the moment is probably Drake‘s ‘Best I Ever Had.’

My heroes are just everyday people who work hard, are honest and have integrity.

With my schedule being so crazy, I can’t call every day or hang out with my friends like I used to and that’s definitely sad.

For me to even be talking about bikini confidence is crazy. If you had asked me a couple of months ago, I probably would have been like, ‘what are you talking about…’ so it’s actually huge for me to even feel okay with putting a bikini on.

My favorite song is ‘No Air,’ a duet I did with Chris Brown. I don’t want to sound weird or anything, but I listen to it a lot – it’s always on my iPod!

‘Lizzie McGuire’ was my big thing when I was younger. I did buy some pencils and back-to-school stuff of hers because she was on it. I loved her.

I’m so excited for my first fragrance! I chose to partner with Dots because I love what they do for their customers, bringing them the hottest trends in fashion, accessories and fragrance at unbelievably low prices. It’s amazing!