It's easier for me to sit with the producers and the writers and I give them my feelings and my thoughts and what I think I feel like singing about and then they go away and write it.

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.

Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.

I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time.

Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who's lost their way.

Most people are so hard to please that if they met God, they'd probably say yes, she's great, but.

You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.

It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.

My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.

I can be a better me than anyone can.

If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.

There was only one option left, and it was letting go.

If you want to write, write. It’s as simple as that.

According to Hannah, real life just happens, whereas stories make sense. When you put real life in print, she says, you show it up for the pointless mess it really is.

Let justice be done tho the heavens fall.

I really like all music, but mostly Country, older R&B, and the good classic rock.

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

There's laws that we must live by, and they're not the laws of man.

I really don't care much about baseball, or looking at ball games, major or minor. All my interest in baseball is in its statistics.

I don't want to have to be pretty. I don't want to have to be adorable.

When you go on an audition it's very frightening.