Books have always been important to me - my mom was a first grade teacher, so I grew up reading all the time..

I LOVE Taylor Swift's 1989. I think it's really cool at the moment that the production on her record is just as strong as the writing. I like the fac….

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….

When I'm picking songs for an album I always want a song that I can relate to and that I have experienced. There's nothing worse than watching an art….

I do cardio. I run. I strength-train using my own body weight. I don't like free weights, because I build muscle easily..

In Texas, we practically come out of the womb in jeans..

I just had my 30th birthday and we went turkey shooting. It's what I wanted to do, so we went..

I think one thing you could probably say for all my albums is that they're all pretty eclectic pop. There's always a little bit of urban influence, s….

Two must-haves for me are a great book and my iPod..

There is no greater feeling than hanging out with my dogs, or just walking around the land with our horses. My rescue ranch is is where I feel the mo….

I'm cute - and God I hate that. Because that's not cool. I'm like your niece, and nobody wants to date their niece. It's the chubby cheeks. The whole….

I have the world's worst pregnancies..

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..

I love my body. I'm very much OK with it. I don't think artists are ever the ones who have the problem with their weight, it is other people..

By keeping her heart protected, she'll never ever feel rejected..

I don't obsess about my weight, which is probably one of the reasons why other people have such a problem with it..

I don't love traveling, because I'm never home. It's hard when you have a family..

I've always dreamed that love would be effortlessLike a pedal falling to the ground; a dreamer following his dream..

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

People like us we gotta stick together Keep your head up nothing lasts forever..

I put on the Hank Williams and the Patsy Cline and the Rosemary Clooney on vinyl - I'm not trying to be some cool indie-rock person, I just love the ….