I've come to realize that the more I censor myself, the less people relate to me.

I have a huge rib cage, which is why I can hold a note out until I'm blue in the face... because I have such a big lung capacity.

You're never going to look perfect to yourself even if you might look perfect to somebody else.

I think anything sounds good with a Southern accent.

I'm not that kind of publicity, attention-grabber type of artist.

I'm very ditsy and a klutz. I've been known to walk on stage and fall over my dress.

When you grow up in the music industry, trying to be Britney Spears because that's what sells records and then you realize, 'All I have to do is be myself? I should have thought of that a long time ago,' it feels good to have success come from what's actually inside of you.

I can't deprive myself of things because then I obsess about it and end up eating.

I think it's ironic that I fell in love with a man I thought I would never be interested in because he's an athlete. I was always, 'An athlete? Heck no.'

The great thing about Dallas is there's no paparazzi.

Music will always be my No. 1 passion, but I don't have to be doing it professionally. It's not really about that for me anymore. I feel like I don't have to look at it as a career. I can just rest in it and just be.

My family is my life, and I'll never lose that.

I feel like everybody's always out to get me, and that's a weird feeling.

It's been hard, but I've finally come to the realization that it's okay to not be perfect.

I never knew how protective I was until I had my own child. I'm already thinking about intruders coming into the house and what our escape route would be.

I always wonder if what I'm wearing will be something that people would compliment, or want to wear. I don't ever get ready just for myself, ever.

I love my curves.

I am the first person to go to Barnes & Noble and buy the new self-help book. I like to fill out the surveys, then I get my friends' opinions on how I answered to see if I was being honest with myself or not.

I collect lucky pennies that I find on the ground. I keep them in a Ziploc bag.

You don't want to marry somebody who's just like you.

I love religion.

I'm spiritual.

I can talk to my dad like he's my manager, and put 'Dad' on the back burner. We've been doing it since I was 13.

If I'm going for advice for anything in my life, I go straight to my father because he has the answers.