I’m from a small town so, like, everyone’s married with children or about to have children. So it’s a little hard when you go home and people are like - and that’s why people think I’m gay - because they’re like ‘Why aren’t you married?’ And I’m like, ‘it doesn’t happen for everyone right off the bat.’

My winning is getting to perform. That's my victory.

I'm waiting for the floor to drop out from under me.

You should know that I lead, not follow

The hardest thing about being in this business is just being able to be yourself. People act like there's this one set of rules to follow to be a pop star and I think, 'Well, you say I'm a pop star, so maybe that's not true.'

I just had my 30th birthday and we went turkey shooting. It's what I wanted to do, so we went.

I try not to date musicians. It's all I've dated. Every guy I've dated is a musician. Obviously, it's not working.