You're an island no matter what you do. I think it's very dangerous to use popularity as your identity in life. So you have to really know who you are inside, the core person, and follow what is true rather than follow what is hype.

I try to be a good guy and I fall short sometimes, but I use Christ as an example.

I am fine with 'Puppy Love.' I hated it for a while. But I still sing it. I have a country version, a sexy version and a cheesy nightclub version. I am trying to infuse it with maturity. I will never escape that song. I will always be Mr. 'Puppy Love.'

I went from an innocent child to a national television star. My career took on a life of its own.

I love cranberry juice, but I'm not a coffee drinker - as a Mormon, I avoid caffeine.

Knowing what I know now and what I have been through, would I do it the same? I look at the alternative - a very simple life. It would have been nice to have a simple life.

Love can be so heartless when you turn out the light, a mutual surrender in the heat of the night.