Honestly, I just think we all have special gifts, everyone. You know, obviously, some are more noticeable than others and that's why there's the limelight. Everybody's in it.

Everyone says I'm like the girl next door... Y'all must have really weird neighbors!

I sing songs that I have lived or I write them because I have lived them. I think the believability factor is key.

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

I love dressing up and doing the red carpet every once in a while, but I am very much a jeans kinda girl, so it's all a little embarrassing for me.

I sound the same regardless if I'm 20 pounds heavier or 20 pounds light, and I think that's the key thing with my fans and why they continue to be loyal because I'm that type of person.

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