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

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

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

I don't need to be 19 years old or starve myself for some weight or turn men's heads down that road. And thank God I finally know that.

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

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.

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