It's not easy being young. It's hard to know what to do.
I think that I know the value of a dollar.
I'm a proud person. I'm not vain. I look at it like it is. If you've got the money and you're going to be out there, you owe it to people not to look like a dog if you can help it.
I ain't never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder.
I was very honored to get to be part of 'American Idol.'
A lot of my own relatives didn't get to go to school because we were mountain people. You have to get out and work and help feed the family. My own dad couldn't read and write. And my dad was very proud of me.