I love Twitter! At first I made fun of it, because it is very narcissistic, and there's already so much narcissism flowing in this industry, I was like, 'Really, one more?' So I was against it at first. But I really love the idea of the direct connection - there's no middle man muddling it up.

I was on Ghetto Idol. We didn't have any of the stuff they have now.

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

Oh, there's all these rumors that I'm a lesbian. I have a boyfriend now, Brandon Blackstock; my manager Narvel's son, Reba McEntire's stepson.

It's amazing to impact people's lives - it's a cool thing to have the spotlight and be able to reassure people, to say, "It's OK to be you."

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.

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