If I woke up tomorrow and couldn't do music anymore, I absolutely don't know what I would do.

Take one step at a time, there's no need to rush

If I woke up tomorrow and couldn't do music anymore, I absolutely don't know what I would do.

Not yet, but I do wanna work with Leona Lewis. I love her, she's so sweet! I think she's working on her album as well so I'd love to do a nice powerful female duet with her. I think our voices would blend really well. There's a couple of other people I'd love to work with - like Fergie, Justin Timberlake and Alicia Keys.

When I was on 'Idol' and 17, everything was so new. Everyone is so nice and wants to see you succeed.

For me, I just never put all my eggs in one basket, so to speak. I know that music and acting now are things that I want to do for the rest of my life. But, if suddenly that was to stop, I'd actually be okay. It's not the be all, end all of my life. I know who I am, outside of this, and I think that's a really big thing to have.

It's cool to have parents and family who will always tell me the truth no matter what. They'll tell me if I'm doing something stupid!