I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I'm going to throw up.

I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I'm going to throw up.

I wanted a child, and there was no way I could get pregnant under the stress of 18-hour work days and live TV. When you're somebody who's used to making a decision about what they want to do and getting it and achieving it, when your body fails you, it's a whole other experience.

Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated.

Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.

Yeah... I was a singer as a kid. I had a lot of stage fright, and what's happened with "Idol," it has got me past so much of that.

I have breakups that I can credit to every song. In my twenties, I picked people who would create that dysfunction and drama, so I could draw upon it.