I absolutely refused to make out with the gorgeous male model.

She's got her God and she's got good wine, Aretha Franklin, and Patsy Cline.

It's for balance, if you want to do that. But the truth is that we all know how we're supposed to eat. And so if you have fried chicken and mashed potatoes and white gravy, then the next day you have, like a grape and you're totally evened out and you're good.

I always want to sing, but I don't always want to be trying to have No. 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.

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 love potatoes - they're my favorite food.

When I made my first album, there was no indication that anybody other than my parents were going to buy it.