What no woman or man needs is anyone telling them they are 'too fat' or 'too skinny.' That just adds to the many stereotypes out there about a person's weight.

Keep on shining, keep on smiling, don't lose faith, and don't lose heart. When you're crying, just keep trying to remind yourself, you're a shining star, yes you are.

Im Southern, so alligator tail is pretty interesting and yummy.

Janis Joplin is definitely one of my biggest influences. She taught me how to feel music, and I don't think there's anyone like her that could bring such pain and emotion to a song.

I never really had any friends my age. I've grown up in the adult world all my life.

Without you, there'd be no sun in my sky, there would be no love in my life, there'd be no world left of me.

I've never heard a song written from a stepmother's point of view, about their family.