American Idol allowed us to find Carrie Underwood.

I wouldn’t necessarily say she is a country artist. I mean, obviously Taylor Swift started in country, but she morphed into somewhat of a cultural icon, so, who am I to judge what she is?

American Idol allowed us to find Carrie Underwood.

Probably fishing is my first passion.

I got my iPad, and I'm trying to buy books on that, but I kind of like a book. At the end of my life, when I'm old, I want to have all these shelves full of books. So I'm just gonna do the book thing.

I'll always have songs with a farm connotation on my albums. It's in the fabric of my music, and I plan to keep it that way.

I'm a really, really optimistic and really, really positive person. My main thing is, 'Enjoy life. Celebrate life.'