My husband calls me 'catfish.' He says I'm all mouth and no brains.

I have surrounded myself with very smart people.

Sometimes my mouth is a little too big and a little too open and sounds too much like a sailor.

I was very honored to get to be part of 'American Idol.'

I didn't know any gay people in my childhood.

I'm not trying to be fashionable. Never was!

Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn't get some of that stuff out.