I just love the thrill of performing on stage. I believe that singing is something I was put here to do.

I definitely love that all these car brands are coming out with hybrid forms of every car that they have. It's very awesome because I think it does make a difference, and it doesn't hurt that you save a lot of money on gas.

There were a lot of heads turning when people found out I was doing music and when they found out it was country, they were like, 'What?

I just love the thrill of performing on stage. I believe that singing is something I was put here to do.

I grew up performing and singing. And acting, the idea of it just sort of fell into my lap. And I was a little hesitant at first, but I was like, okay, I’ll try it.

The image you see of me out in public is really different from who I am in real life.

Young women now, this generation - girls my age too, but even younger than I am - they're the ones that are going to change the world. They've grown up in such a new way of thinking about women and female empowerment. I grew up with a little bit of that, but teenagers now, those are the girls that are going to make the world a different place for everyone else.