I guess it's going to have to hurt, I guess I'm going to have to cry, And let go of some things I've loved to get to the other side I guess it's going to break me down, Like fallin when you try to fly, Sad but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life starts with goodbye

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.

Technically I have siblings, but they are quite a bit older than me - I was the accident - so I have the only-child syndrome going on. I'm a little more selfish, a little more independent, a little closed. I do wish I were softer. I wish I were able to form relationships better.

American Idol transcends age, gender, ethnicity, everything.

The only other time I've been away from home was when I went to college. And that was just an hour away, so I could always go home if I needed to.

I don't want to listen to everybody's problems all the time. And I doubt anybody wants to listen to mine.

I feel like when I'm on stage, when I'm writing songs, singing songs, I'm in the studio, I'm shooting videos, I kind of get to become this character, and I can make that whatever I want to make that.