I'm loyal and I think most Texans are very loyal, but I'm also stubborn..

As a mom, you just don't have time, so you get straight to the point..

And more so now, since having a family - I don't seek out any other acceptance..

I never said I was a 'good girl.' I'm not a bad girl..

I feel like as a generation, we sell ourselves short. I just expected more from us..

I get hit on by the hottest girls ever. Oh my god, if I was a lesbian, I would be so in luck. But it's just not my thing. I've always batted for the ….

I'm always going to live in Texas. Texas is my home - it'll be my home forever..

I may not be Einstein but I know dumb plus dumb equals you..

I go to bed every night and the list of what I've accomplished is astounding..

I love dressing up and doing the red carpet every once in a while, but I am very much a jeans kinda girl, so it's all a little embarrassing for me..

I've dated a couple of guys who were awesome, and the celebrity part of my life and the traveling part are hard to get around. You never get to see e….

When I went to Los Angeles right after high school, I got some acting jobs, and I never, ever wanted to be an actress! Public speaking and acting mak….

I'm very friendly or whatever, but I would hardly say that I'm that cookie-cutter. I don't live in L.A. or New York. I live in Texas, and I go to hol….

I'm waiting for the floor to drop out from under me..

I was a poor kid, and my mom was a single mother of three..

I'm the perfect amount of guarded. I don't reveal too much, and I never reveal who the songs are about. They are real life. People get that. I date a….

I'm proud of everything I achieved with 'Idol,' and away from 'Idol' also. It's just such a different show now to what it was when I was on it. I did….

I've never been more nervous in my life than singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl..

I'm sorry I'm crying again on national television..

I've always been about less government..

I have a big fear of change, or negative change, anyway. I'm basically the same person I was when I won 'Idol,' or when I was 10..