All of us gave it all we've got, overcame a whole lot just being on the show and learned a lot about ourselves. We're just normal people trying to do what we love and follow our dreams.

My cell phone is my best friend. It's my lifeline to the outside world.

Writing down everything I eat makes such a difference, because you never realize how much you're consuming unless you read it later in the day.

I say what I need to, not a whole lot more.

I can do everything I want to do.

It wouldn't be a Carrie Underwood album without a revenge song on it. People really like when I do that. I don't mean to. I don't hate men that much. But it turns out so well!

I'm not the person in person that I am on stage.