I love my body. I'm very much OK with it. I don't think artists are ever the ones who have the problem with their weight, it is other people.

I sing songs that I have lived or I write them because I have lived them. I think the believability factor is key.

I still watch 'Idol,' and it's still the No. 1 show, so obviously I'm not the only one who loves to sit at home and be entertained.

I try not to date musicians. It's all I've dated. Every guy I've dated is a musician. Obviously, it's not working.

I'm so happy now. I love that I'm in a relationship right now... I want a life... The past five years or so I've found my groove and my balance.

I've always been about less government.

I've loved my 20s, but I would never repeat them.

I've never been more nervous in my life than singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl.

If I can wake up everyday before I die and know that I don't have to serve anyone food or drinks, I will be happy!

My happy weight changes. Sometimes I eat more; sometimes I play more. I'll be different sizes all the time.

No matter what size I am I love performing no matter how big or little I am! I feel good.

Really, what I try to instill in my fans is to be healthy and happy. I have no desire to be super-skinny.

Two must-haves for me are a great book and my iPod.

When people talk about my weight, I'm like, 'You seem to have a problem with it; I don't.'

I'm proud of everything I achieved with 'Idol,' and away from 'Idol' also. It's just such a different show now to what it was when I was on it. I didn't even know it was a TV show until the third audition.

My whole point is like, well, if I'm the pop star, then it should be whatever I am. There's, you know, room for Katy Perrys and Adeles and Rihannas and Lady Gagas and Ke$has and me and Pinks. I think what's great about all of us is that we represent something different.

Honestly, I just think we all have special gifts, everyone. You know, obviously, some are more noticeable than others and that's why there's the limelight. Everybody's in it.

I love Twitter! At first I made fun of it, because it is very narcissistic, and there's already so much narcissism flowing in this industry, I was like, 'Really, one more?' So I was against it at first. But I really love the idea of the direct connection - there's no middle man muddling it up.

I sound the same regardless if I'm 20 pounds heavier or 20 pounds light, and I think that's the key thing with my fans and why they continue to be loyal because I'm that type of person.

I'm cute - and God I hate that. Because that's not cool. I'm like your niece, and nobody wants to date their niece. It's the chubby cheeks. The whole reason people voted for me on American Idol is because I'm an everyday, normal girl.