There are stars out there who would die to have this much exposure.

The biggest problem I had - and the biggest problem teenagers have - is not how they dress, how they look or how they act or talk. It's how they see themselves - their self-esteem. In the tenth grade, I realized I am who I am. I've got big ears and big feet. I can etiher sulk around or I can be happy with who I am. The minute I decided to be confident with who I was, all that other stuff stopped. It's all in the way you carry yourself.

The message I'll share...is that inclusion is extremely important for kids with and without disabilities.

I was on TV for almost sixteen weeks during American Idol. It's at the point now where it's old.

I'm not different. I'm not different at all. The wrapping is different but the gift is still the same.

It's important that I make a difference in some way. If it's performing and touching someone that way, that's great; if it's being a teacher and helping some kid understand something, that's even better.

I never want to produce anything that a family could not enjoy together. I never want to create art that would embarrass my own children later.