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

I love eye shadows that are shimmery and playing with colors. There's just more you can do with your eyes.

I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people we want to love.

If something can be said to make an awkward moment even worse, I'm going to say it.

I think after coming off of 'American Idol'... people kind of expect you to just be awesome all the time, and we're still learning. I had a lot of stage experience, but it was in a 200-seat theater, you know - it wasn't thousands of people in front of me.

You work side is for everybody. When you're at home, you're not wearing heels and your work attire.

The only reason I felt like I could sing a song like 'Blown Away' is because I have definitely lived through my fair share of trips to the cellar in the spring. We were no stranger to that. I still ask my mom, 'Is the cellar cleaned out now? Is everything OK?' Even in my new house, I had something built in it that's like a storm shelter.