Right after 'Idol,' I was like, 'I've got to become a totally different person. I gotta upgrade myself.' I can't just stand there and be all shy and sing.

I don't want people to just hand me music and be like, 'Here, you sound good on this. Sing it.' I want to be able to say, 'This is me.'

This is going to seem odd, but I love Eminem because he has so much conviction and emotion in the way he raps. Every word that he raps, you feel it.

I do sing ballads, but I'm not a balladeer. I'm not the next Celine Dion.

I'm all about risque - I love that stuff. I love to be creative - that's what the entertainment business is about.

It was crazy... working with Ne-Yo. Everything was such a blur, and I was just a fangirl the whole time.

I've been watching 'American Idol' since I was five years old.

I've been working hard my whole life.

Every single year, I tell myself I am going to drive. It never happens. I don't know how to drive. I am already 20. This needs to happen.

I have always wanted to do a Christmas album and covers.