I'm From A Small Town Where Everybody

I'm The Perfect Amount Of Guarded. I Don't Reveal Too Much, And I Never Reveal Who The Songs Are About. They Are Real Life. People Get That. I Date A Lot Of Musicians And They Do The Same Thing. People That Work With Me - Who I Write About Too - They Get It. It's My Creative Outlet, My Therapy.

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.

I’m From A Small Town So, Like, Everyone’s Married With Children Or About To Have Children. So It’s A Little Hard When You Go Home And People Are Like - And That’s Why People Think I’m Gay - Because They’re Like ‘why Aren’t You Married?’ And I’m Like, ‘it Doesn’t Happen For Everyone Right Off The Bat.’

Really, What I Try To Instill In My Fans Is To Be Healthy And Happy. I Have No Desire To Be Super-skinny.

I Love Twitter! At First I Made Fun Of It, Because It Is Very Narcissistic, And There's Already So Much Narcissism Flowing In This Industry, I Was Like, 'really, One More?' So I Was Against It At First. But I Really Love The Idea Of The Direct Connection - There's No Middle Man Muddling It Up.