This may sound funny, but I feel my most beautiful when I'm clean, fresh out of the bath. I don't have to be dressed up. I could be in comfy clothes at home hanging out with my family.

I grew up asking for everything under the sun for Christmas, but I knew I wasn't going to get it all.

I'm such a happy, easygoing person.

Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday.

There was a period of time when I first moved to Nashville, like the first couple of years, that I was just simply lost. I didn't know who I was; I didn't know really what I was doing here. I was meant to be a singer, but I just felt lost. That's when I went on the search for my birth family.

I'm able to shift gears from mom to performer to mom pretty quickly.

It's not complicated to embrace life. You just have to make the choice.