There's a lot of things that are said on the American Idol message board. I quit reading them because most of the people are very mean.

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.

The older I get, the harder it is to splurge without consequences. I love food. Chocolate and cheese and anything that's bad for me. I'll be really good when I'm at home so I can eat what I want to when I'm out with friends.

My support group - my mom, my dad, my sisters, my brothers-in-law, my immediate nieces and nephews, my immediate family like Aunt Donna - I know I can trust them. Most of the other people...they never called me before, they never said "I love you" before, they never wanted to take a picture with me at family reunions. It's like, don't do it now...You win the lottery and all of a sudden everybody's your best friend.

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

I consider myself not a celebrity. I'm a normal person that likes [doing] things on stage.

[When] opportunities present themselves, I take them. It's just how I roll!