Once you get into a routine of eating healthy, it hurts twice as much when you fall off the wagon.

I've seen people that get onstage and sing while they have tears running down their face - I can't do that. When I cry, it starts like in my throat, so when I have something that's really emotional, sometimes if I access that too much, I can't finish the song.

I've grown up a lot. I've become more independent. I can talk to my parents more like friends. When I was going to college, I was still only an hour away from them.Now, after Idol and touring all over the place, I feel like I have become a lot more independent.

Every day is a new day, and you'll never be able to find happiness if you don't move on.

I'm Southern. I like big hair and eyeliner. I want my wedding day to be me, so I’ll probably be rocking some big hair and some eyeliner.

I wouldn't go so far as to say I am a feminist, that can come off as a negative connotation. But I am a strong female.

I don’t know why terrible things happen to us sometimes. But I have to believe that something good is going to come of this.