"I just had my 30th birthday and we went turkey shooting. It's what I wanted to do, so we went."
"God gave us the gift of life it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."
Voltaire on Birthday"The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate."
Oprah Winfrey on Birthday"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me."
Jim Valvano on Birthday"I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity."
Eleanor Roosevelt on Birthday"The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance."
Brian Tracy on Birthday"The hardest thing about being in this business is just being able to be yourself. People act like there's this one set of rules to follow to be a pop star and I think, 'Well, you say I'm a pop star, so maybe that's not true.'"
"I have a big fear of change, or negative change, anyway. I'm basically the same person I was when I won 'Idol,' or when I was 10."
"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."
"I put on the Hank Williams and the Patsy Cline and the Rosemary Clooney on vinyl - I'm not trying to be some cool indie-rock person, I just love the way it sounds - and throw on a T-shirt and jeans. In Texas, we practically come out of the womb in jeans."
"God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress."