I love eating at Sonic with my family in Oklahoma. And no, I'm not kidding.

I am a Christian and I don't want there to be any confusion about what I believe or who I am.

I was on the cheerleading squad and drama and the choir, but I was friends with everybody. I was not a partier. I was too Type A and crazy about my grades, but I was still there at everything.

[Songs] have to be a part of you. They have to be in your DNA. That's how I approached it.

A professionally trained actress should be a better liar, wouldn't you think? But no. I am pathetically underachieved in that area. I can think of a great lie. I'm plenty imaginative. But before the words are even out of my mouth, there's a weird tickle of unease in my armpits, a horsefly of guilt lands on the back of my neck, and before I can stop myself, that gassy little bubble of truth belches out.

I had to cut a lot of things I wanted to keep [in The Art of Elegance]. I'm going to have to do a part two for sure.

I'm constantly learning, and that is the greatest gift of life in my opinion - to always be learning and growing.