People like us we gotta stick together Keep your head up nothing lasts forever.

I'm a hygiene freak. I'm like obsessive-compulsive when it comes to washing your hands.

I put on the Hank Williams and the Patsy Cline and the Rosemary Clooney on vinyl - I'm not trying to be some cool indie-rock person, I just love the way it sounds - and throw on a T-shirt and jeans. In Texas, we practically come out of the womb in jeans.

I'm cute - and God I hate that. Because that's not cool. I'm like your niece, and nobody wants to date their niece. It's the chubby cheeks. The whole reason people voted for me on American Idol is because I'm an everyday, normal girl.

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

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

I'm loyal and I think most Texans are very loyal, but I'm also stubborn.