My goals are to tell meaningful stories through songs and touch people's lives... and hopefully make a living doing it.

Being on 'Idol,' you have no choice but to be an open book.

I like the way my heart beats, I like the way I think; I don't need or want anything to change that.

I am not a sample size, and I am okay with that. I'm good with who I am. I like to accentuate the positive. My waist is something I love to show off. I'm also happy that more and more women are embracing who they are, because everybody's different. You don't have to be a size 0 to be pretty. You just have to be comfortable with who you are.

I love the expression that 'When your Bible is falling apart, the man isn't.'

I love dill pickles! They're on my rider for my concerts so I eat one every day.

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