I've always been interested in acting - since I was a little girl.
I've got people around me that let me know when something really good happens.
I was 15 on the show, and I cried a lot. I was homesick, and was so worried, that I didn't think of being on 'American Idol.' I was so worried that I was going home every week that I didn't enjoy it as much as I should have.
Country music's really good about telling a story, so I want songs that tell good stories where people can say, 'That happened to me!'
I took some of the hardest things about my life and wrote an empowering song with it. It has made me want to always write from that place.
I was raised really religious, and it's a big part of my life. No matter what I go through, my faith will always be there.
