On boys: "You need to establish
yourself before you let someone else in - I'm still finding myself".
“God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't
stress.”
“Everyone says I'm like the girl next door...Y'all must have really
weird neighbors!”
“I know, I know, I know. So I flipped out!”
“I don't really know what's going on,”
“They wanted just the kids to get
wet, but I ... just jumped out there with them.”
“I'm a hygiene freak. I'm like obsessive-compulsive when it comes to
washing your hands.”
“I'm a jeans girl!”
“I'm cute - and God I hate that. Because that's not cool. I'm like
your niece, and nobody wants to date their niece. It's the chubby
cheeks. The whole reason people voted for me on American Idol is
because I'm an everyday, normal girl.”
“Like every other girl in the world, my most embarrassing moment had
to do with a guy completely turning me down. His loss!”
“If I can wake up everyday before I die and know that I don't have
to serve anyone food or drinks, I will be happy!”
“I never said I was a 'good girl.' I'm not a bad girl. I'm just
normal, and that's what I'm going to be. There's no bad girl with
whips and chains that's going to come out. I think people like me
because I was myself.”
“I have a huge voice, so it's a bit more like a Janis Joplin vibe
than a younger rock vibe. And I think that's what throws people
because they don't know how to take me. Even critics - they don't
know how to swallow me because they're like, 'Well, she came up like
a total pop act',”
“It's very different and I think that's what confuses people and
throws people off, but at the same time I like that, because then it
keeps you wondering what I'm going to do next.”
“I lose my way/And it's not too long before you point it out/I
cannot cry/Because you know that's weakness in your eyes/I'm forced
to fake/A smile, a laugh everyday of my life/My heart can't possibly
break/When it wasn't even whole to start with.”
“Everyone knew I didn't want to do it, but I had to, ... and I don't
particularly want to do more.”
“Who are you wearing? Who are you wearing?”
“It's like shock on their face. Because they're like, 'I cannot
believe I enjoyed your concert',”
“I love that I came up this way. First of all, I have nine close
friends, and it's hard to find people you can trust and lean on in
this industry.”
“Oh, honey, I get that all the time.”
“I don't know if you guys have heard this one before, but if you
have, sing along,”