And I don’t think that success can be measured by how many TV shows you’re on.

Heck, it’s just as insulting as when someone like you interviews me and asks a question like that, no matter how you word it. It’s part of the game. You just do it.

I auditioned just for fun.

First of all, I usually don’t watch (the talk shows) and someone else will tell me about them. And, heck, half the time, I think it’s funny.

I got rid of my glasses and they changed my hair. That’s really all they did. They went shopping for me, so the clothes are different too. It wasn’t like Extreme Makeover where I got...

I had a Spanish teacher in high school. I rarely got in trouble in her room because I felt I was disappointing her if I got a bad grade. That had more power over me...

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn’t counting on money to much.

I like to talk. I’m a terrible dancer. I love my hometown. I have freckles and oversized ears. I’m a geeks. I have tried not to hide who I am or what matters to me.

I could have a degree in music and come on the show, and Simon could still say ‘You stink’.

Whether this ride lasts for one year or 10 years, I want to have a home base.

I’d hate to have a job where I had to be rude to people.

I kind of had my life planned out for me. I’d be married at some point, have, you know, 1.5 children, and be a principal possibly one day. But I think that that was kind...

I am never going to sound like Johnny Mathis.

I spent years and years in middle school getting picked on, so I’m kind of used it,

I was on TV for almost sixteen weeks during American Idol. It’s at the point now where it’s old.

…as long as you’re living right, then you don’t have to worry about what people see.

The greatest glory never comes from falling, but from rising each time you fall.

I know this is going to sound cheesy and like I’m trying to be Miss America, but the most important responsibility a celebrity has is to set an example and be a role model.

I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn’t raised that way, and I’m not going to raise a child to do that.

I’m gonna do my best to try to be in this seat on Sunday night myself.