Standing behind a kitchen counter telling people about what ingredients to put in a pot didn't feel right.

I always want to sing, but I don't always want to be trying to have #1 records. I don't think you can do it forever. I don't know what the time span of that is going to be. I want to sing because I want to sing.

There's an energy about Nashville that I love and I miss. And it's so awesome right now. It has a new energy that's so cool.

When people compliment my cooking, it's like somebody telling me that they like my music. And it's great to be known for something else.

I almost never make stuff out of cookbooks because they're either too complicated or there's an ingredient in there that I can't find.

Nobody who cooks does it with full hair and makeup in front of a TV camera.

We sat together as a family for dinner at night. And my mother had a job. My dad had a job. But there was always a meal on the table at 6:00, you know.