I still have my school friends who are actually friends. It's nice that they don't think much about my singing career. They think it is cool, and they are happy for me, but they don't really bother me about it. To them, I'm still just the schoolgirl from next door.

The music kind of possesses me when I sing. So whenever I start to sing on a show - I mean, first, I'm nervous, and then when I get into it, it's just like I feel like I'm the person who sang the song first.

I would like to sing for the Pope. And the Queen, and at Simon Cowell's wedding.

I love to shop at Macy's. It has a huge Guess section and lots of Jessica Simpson stuff.

I don't think I'll ever want to do pop music. I think I'll only ever want to do classical crossover because it's something that I love, and pop just doesn't work for me.

My family still treats me like they did when I was 7 or 6.

I like 'Sponge Bob' and 'The Last Airbender.' I like shows where people get creative to do the impossible.