The church has given me balance.

My family always says my voice is a gift—a precious jewel I inherited from my maternal grandma, Julia Kate Hudson. My sister and I used to joke that the 'Kates' in our family got all the talent.

Dreams do come true. If anyone's proof of that, it's me.

I try to do everything to say, 'OK, will my mother like this? Will she be pleased? Will she be proud of that? How do I know she's happy and she's smiling down at me from heaven?' And that's what I try to go by and walk by.

I don't do clubs. I don't drink. I don't smoke.

You have to accept the plan and realize that if you slip, and you might, you can’t use that as a reason to give up or stop.

What people need to know is that if you don't eat what you want, then you'll just continue to eat, because you're not fulfilled.