I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them! Early on, my manager told me, 'If you want to sell 500,000 records, then go out there and meet 500,000 people.'

I've been my mom's kitchen helper since I was a little kid.

It took a while to understand the beauty of just letting go

There are times when you get frustrated, but the one thing you always focus on is treating people well. You just cannot storm off and freak out.

I love conversations with kids in the meet and greet lines — little people with little voices! I love babies. Someday I would love to be a parent, but I want that time to come when I’ve experienced so much of the world. My life will be devoted to making that child’s life as wonderful, beautiful, magical and perfect as it can possibly be. I want to wait until there is no ounce of me left that has anything self-centered to experience.

When I am talking to people who I feel don't like me or are mean, I get really shy, and I kind of curl up personality wise.

I put out one album one week, and I'm already worried about the next one. I feel a lot of emotion throughout the course of a day. But not to the point where you need to be worried about me.