I think Nashville could use some better shopping!
— Carrie Underwood
I like to dance around the house when I'm getting ready. It gets my day going.
I want my permanent address to be in Oklahoma. Someday, when I get married and I have kids, that's where I want to raise my kids.
Everybody knows what's going on. Even if they don't watch it they know what's happening.
The only other time I've been away from home was when I went to college. And that was just an hour away, so I could always go home if I needed to.
There's not ever much of anything going on in my head.
We don't have milk cows. People have so many stereotypes of people from where I come from - Oklahoma. We don't ride around in covered wagons, either.
Right afterwards there was a whole, whole lot of press to do, so the week after, all day, every day, was press so I didn't really get a chance to celebrate.
I'm not worried. I'm just so grateful to be in the position that I'm in. I'm just going with the flow right now, and I think my album will come together quite nicely because I think everybody is on the same page.
At first, it was hard to sit down and read the things that people were saying. A lot of people would've worked their way up to this position and would've gotten a thick skin over a few years' time. For me, though, all this happened in a few months.
So many people always try to help me carry my luggage and help me do things I can do myself. If I can do it myself, I'm going to do it myself. I'm not going to let other people do it for me, and I think that's a big part of where I came from. I'm not a real prissy girl.
I love sporting events and popcorn and pizza and being outside, like at a baseball or football game. I love amusement parks, going to ride roller coasters.
I love making music and all that, but at the end of the day I don't think that's what people are going to remember about a person.
This is the best night of my life. And it's going to get better.
American Idol transcends age, gender, ethnicity, everything.
I got to meet some of the best people I've ever met, and we all grew as people and as entertainers.
Being a part of SKECHERS is exciting. It is such a hip company with a great attitude and image.
It's nice to know you have support. Last night I got a marriage proposal. I just laughed.
All of us gave it all we've got, overcame a whole lot just being on the show and learned a lot about ourselves. We're just normal people trying to do what we love and follow our dreams.
Everything's completely different, and it's been hard. Fortunately, I have a lot of wonderful people around me, and I think I'm handling things pretty well.
My very first magazine cover was the National Enquirer.
As far as talent goes, we had pretty much everything, and I think that's why this year was so successful.
Sometimes a girl's gotta have some chocolate!
Successful people have a social responsibility to make the world a better place and not just take from it.
I want people to think of me as a nice person. I really am so blessed. All of this has been a great experience and I thank the American public so much for putting me in this position. I appreciate every second of it.
I've never really been anywhere, and now I get to go everywhere. I just have to make sure there's enough memory on my computer to hold all my pictures.
I can't believe this is happening to me. The weirdest thing is it was just a dream, and now it's actually real. It's hard to believe sometimes.
I'm fighting a losing battle here: I'm trying to lose some weight. I love chocolate; that's one of my biggest downfalls. I haven't gotten a whole lot of chocolate, thank goodness, because I'd probably be about 300 pounds.
There's a lot of things that are said on the American Idol message board. I quit reading them because most of the people are very mean.
Throw caution to the wind and just do it.
I've heard all kinds of crazy rumors about myself. I've even heard that I'm pregnant! I've become real good about laughing things off - I figure I'd better get used to it.
I wondered how people would take me being a country music singer. I thought about deviating from that and singing other things. But... it doesn't really make sense for me to try to be something that I'm not.
