I feel like you can be the best role model by being yourself.

Even though I'm a pop singer, I really have more the life of a country singer.

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.

I've just never cared what people think. It's more if I'm happy and I'm confident and feeling good, that's always been my thing.

In Texas, we practically come out of the womb in jeans.

Really, what I try to instill in my fans is to be healthy and happy. I have no desire to be super-skinny.

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.