I'm not about being sexy. I'm about the music.

I auditioned [for America's Most Talented Kids] just to see where I would rank. I had been playing [gigs] around town, and I wanted to see what people thought of me because when I played a show, everyone would clap but I didn't know what they were really thinking.

I don't know what's going to happen. I take it day by day, playing my music.

I never even went to high school because I went straight from middle school into the music business. I don't really know what it is supposed to be like.

I don't want to be a flash in the pan. I want to be around for a very long time. I want to be like a Sheryl Crow or a Melissa Etheridge or even a Madonna with how her career has lasted so long and she is still respected in the music business. That's really what I am aiming for. I'm not really looking for 15 minutes of fame.

The funny thing is a lot of people assume that my parents are the ones pushing me to make music. The truth is that I'm the one dragging them along on this crazy ride. They'd much rather have a normal life, but it doesn't look like that's in the cards.

I'm more of a comedian. I wouldn't mind being on SNL (Saturday Night Live). I think that would be cool.

I was shopping at my local mall in Dallas that I've gone to for like three years now. And everyone was like Oh my God, who's that? Who's that? And I was like whatever, because you know, there are like 20 people traveling with me. It's like I have an entourage following me -- which is so funny.

Even though I am going to miss out on my prom or I am going to miss out on walking across stage to accept my diploma, that's OK to me because I know I will have other perks in life.

I remember writing 'All I Want Is You' and hoping it would get me out of trouble. I haven't stopped writing songs or getting into trouble since.

My style philosophy is: Be comfortable.

I want to be around for a long time, I don't want to be a flash in the pan. I hope I'll be 50 years old and still making music.

It's good for my fans to be able to connect with me as a person because I am a very normal 15-, 16-year-old girl. I still get in trouble. I still have boy problems and friend problems so it's just very good for my fans to see that.

I look up to Mandy Moore, because she's really classy. But when it comes to music, I'm my own person.

College is for finding yourself. I've established who I want to be.