We see new male artists have their first single reach No. 1 on the charts, but it generally takes a female a lot longer to build momentum.

I'm in a world so wide. It makes me feel small sometimes.

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.

If I can convince others that there is a God and that they need to know Him, then I have done my job.

Sometimes, that mountain you've been climbing, is just a grain of sand.

As a married person myself, I don't know what it's like to be told I can't marry somebody I love, and want to marry, I can't imagine how that must feel. I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love.

Jesus, take the wheel Take it from my hands 'Cause I can't do this on my own I'm letting go So give me one more chance To save me from this road I'm on Jesus, take the wheel