Abraham Lincoln Quotes

There's so much stuff said about me that's not true, so now if something is hurtful and wrong, I send an e-mail or letter immediately, saying, This is not true.

At the end of the day, it is about the album and book and also about setting the record straight, because 'American Idol' has done a great job of defaming my name and throwing a lot of mud at me for the past two years. So that set up a lot of roadblocks for me.

The biggest thing is to make sure that when something comes out about you that is false that you prove it's not true.

The press have given me affairs I've never had and killed a few I did have. After a while, you learn.

I never like it when a celebrity goes on Twitter and says, 'This isn't true!' It is what it is; I tend not to do that.

You will find that in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motives. Never complain and never explain.

Most footballers are quite tense, aren't they? So many footballers have been stitched up over the years. They've got to mind what they say, be careful about this, careful about that, because something might be misconstrued, twisted around.

Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object.

For a long time, I was portrayed as the Osama bin Laden of the Internet, and I really wanted to be able to tell my side of the story. I wanted to be able to explain exactly what I did and what I didn't do to people who thought they knew me.

I wouldn't agree with some of the things that the press writes about and that's all I have to say about that.

To be honest, after all the crap that happened with 'Summer Heights High,' I was like, 'I'm not going to write anything controversial or edgy ever again; I just can't handle the blame.'

That's an aspect of this business which can be very frustrating and aggravating. Most of what is written about you is wrong and so much of what does get printed is often about personal things that you don't want to have other people read about.

People are terrified for their own reputations. They want the press on their side.

These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media - the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe.

How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.

I won't let people write anything they want to about me.

I thought I might say something to newsmen that could be turned into a scandal.

I don't even read most reviews, unless there is a potential lawsuit on view.

My theory on smear pieces is try and win 'em over.

I don't have anything to hide but what happens is the media tend to beat up what I say.

Early on in my career I had a lot of bad press about my temperament, but I was only a young lad then.

The media tried to destroy my parents and has taken things completely out of context, but there's not a whole lot you can do in terms of fighting back. You have to hope that it passes, which it always does. But they have to be careful. They didn't necessarily sign up for this.

A politician wouldn't dream of being allowed to call a columnist the things a columnist is allowed to call a politician.

There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can.

Negative publicity makes people forget your best times.