I'm the perfect amount of guarded. I don't reveal too much, and I never reveal who the songs are about. They are real life. People get that. I date a lot of musicians and they do the same thing. People that work with me - who I write about too - they get it. It's my creative outlet, my therapy.

I'm very friendly or whatever, but I would hardly say that I'm that cookie-cutter. I don't live in L.A. or New York. I live in Texas, and I go to hole-in-the-wall bars, so there's no paparazzi there.

Like every other girl in the world, my most embarrassing moment had to do with a guy completely turning me down. His loss!

I was on Ghetto Idol. We didn't have any of the stuff they have now.

I'm sorry I'm crying again on national television.

The thing about Christmas is that it almost doesn't matter what mood you're in or what kind of a year you've had; it's a fresh start.

Books have always been important to me - my mom was a first grade teacher, so I grew up reading all the time.