I know a lot of artists say, `If you want your song on my record, I get 50 per cent' I'd like to kick them in the face.

My friends and family are my support system. They tell me what I need to hear, not what I want to hear and they are there for me in the good and bad times. Without them I have no idea where I would be and I know that their love for me is what's keeping my head above the water.

I live on a ranch in Texas and do my own thing. And I don't care what anyone has to say about it. My joke is that the only people I'm trying to please are myself and my fans, because they're the ones buying my records. And I have the best, most loyal fan base ever.

I love my body. I'm very much OK with it. I don't think artists are ever the ones who have the problem with their weight, it is other people.

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

You need to be happy with who you are and, whoever that is, let your little light shine.

I go to bed every night and the list of what I've accomplished is astounding.