I'm a huge country music fan, and there are so many girls that I look up to, especially Carrie Underwood, which everyone knows because I've shouted it out for a while now.
I'm not fake, and I don't want to mislead people about who I am. I can be serious, too, and I cry a lot. It's just who I am.
I won't change who I am for anything.
I love acting. I want to act as much as I can without interfering with the music.
Honestly, I never thought I would ever tell anyone that I had an eating disorder. It was my deepest, darkest secret.
There were blogs that called me Miss Piggy. It's a really hard thing to see as a teenager, especially when you already have problems. Reading what people had to say about me online definitely made it worse. People can be vicious.
I had really bad polyps on my vocal cords, and I've had them since I was a kid, but the bulimia made it 10 times worse. They were bleeding constantly, and it was straining on my voice. And just the lack of nutrition - my vocal cords couldn't keep up because I was so unhealthy.
I've never acted, but I'm an entertainer. So I kind of used what I know from being onstage. I've done a thousand and two interviews, and I've been on camera a million times, so I'm not uncomfortable on camera, but it was interesting for me to be someone else.
'Pretty' is not the amount of makeup on your face or the shirt you're wearing or the size of your pants - that is false.
For whatever reason, people just like to come out and say whatever they want to say about you when you're on TV.
When I first heard my song 'Georgia Peaches' on the radio, I opened up the car windows and started screaming to the other people on the road, 'My song's on the radio!' Of course, I wasn't driving.
I think we're all insecure about something, but there's a way to deal with those emotions healthily by seeking professional help earlier on.
Remember that it's okay to get help, and it doesn't make you weak.
My mom quit her whole life and came to live with me in California.
I keep the people who I know love me really close.
I don't let people say mean things to me! I don't surround myself with people who'd want to do that.
I've always dreamed of doing a music video.
I want to write with Taylor Swift!
I don't mind if people say I was on 'American Idol,' because I was, and that is a part of my past, and I'm super proud of it, but I don't want that to be all there is to me.
I was 15 on American Idol, and everybody had something to say. It was like I had my really awkward phase on national television, you know?
