I have a candle on the bus that smells like caramel brownie. I love anything that smells like food!
My very first magazine cover was the National Enquirer.
We created Calia to make it easier for me and all other women to work in working out.
I love being able to perform in front of people. I like potentially making a difference in somebody’s day or somebody’s life.
There’s just something sexy about feeling strong.
I got to meet some of the best people I’ve ever met, and we all grew as people and as entertainers.
I, like a lot of people who are creative, need to step away. I can’t have stuff to write about if I don’t have a life. If I talk to people, hang out with my friends and hang out with my husband, I feel like I have better things to bring to the table.
I say what I need to, not a whole lot more.
I have been called the human jukebox, yes. But karaoke is not meant for people who can sing!
Occasionally, I’ll be on the Internet and see something about me and give in to the urge to click on it. It’s hard not to. Usually, I wish I didn’t.
I love being on camera. And I love knowing what’s going on in the world. Diane Sawyer is my favorite. She never seems to lower herself to get the job done. She just always carries herself well. I really admire her.
I love chocolate, and I love to shop – just give me a good boutique. I like mall scenarios, too, because there’s more right there at hand. I think Nashville could use some better shopping!
I think it’s okay to feel jealous, but it’s how you deal with it that’s the important thing. You have to be happy for your friends when they do well because you want them to do well. It’s not a competition.
I’m about the only person in my family that’s made it to 24 without being married. That’s the way it works where I’m from. Most people, if you find someone to marry in high school, you do that, and if you don’t find that, then you find someone in college.
I’ve learned it’s really important to work hard and keep your family and friends close. You’ve got to let them know how much you appreciate them for sticking by you.
I’ve seen people that get onstage and sing while they have tears running down their face – I can’t do that. When I cry, it starts like in my throat, so when I have something that’s really emotional, sometimes if I access that too much, I can’t finish the song.
In the romantic sense, I’m pretty useless with guys. If I see somebody who I’m attracted to, generally I just think, ‘Oh well, he’s not interested in me.’ The only time that I talk to guys is when they talk to me first.
It’s great when you can write a meaningful song that touches people, but sometimes you just wanna have fun and sing a silly song that doesn’t reflect on you as a person.
Technically I have siblings, but they are quite a bit older than me – I was the accident – so I have the only-child syndrome going on. I’m a little more selfish, a little more independent, a little closed. I do wish I were softer. I wish I were able to form relationships better.
When I got into all the grunge stuff, I really liked Hole. I actually saw them in concert when I was a sophomore in high school. It was kind of rare to see a successful female rocker get down and dirty with the guys. And Courtney Love did. It was fun to be a fan of something different.