I've never been the girl that's had the five-year plan, the 10-year plan and I'm still not.

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

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.

Songs are like movies to me, and so you put yourself in the movie. You become a character in the movie. The new ones are exciting because they're fresh. But if it's not that, if the story is not what you get into, maybe it's the crowd response. You hit the first chords of 'She's In Love With The Boy' and 20,000 people start to scream, you're pretty motivated. You get what you need. And it's a great story. It works.

People who truly love to sing have to do it all the time.

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

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