Carrie Underwood

Every day is a new day, and you'll never be able to find happiness if you don't move on. ”

The first one I remember singing on stage was 'Somewhere Out There' from 'An American Tail.' I was around 7, and my choir teacher at school asked me if I would sing it. My parents told me that I needed to move around the stage, so for the entire time I just walked back and forth from side to side while I was singing - there's videotape of it. ”

My mom had a job, and she also took care of us, and she also took care of Dad - I always saw her pulling triple duty, doing more than I ever felt like she needed to. I made a promise to myself that it would be more of a team effort in my family someday. And because of that, I became more independent. ”

I, like a lot of people who are creative, need to step away. I can't have stuff to write about if I don't have a life. If I talk to people, hang out with my friends and hang out with my husband, I feel like I have better things to bring to the table. ”

To me, getting to do music and videos, you work on a character. Being onstage is acting; you get to be larger than life and larger than yourself. ”

Successful people have a social responsibility to make the world a better place and not just take from it. ”

Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On' was my anthem as a child. It was about me. I was Baby. ”

I grew up in church, and I have a wonderful family that always supported that. ”

I've seen people that get onstage and sing while they have tears running down their face - I can't do that. When I cry, it starts like in my throat, so when I have something that's really emotional, sometimes if I access that too much, I can't finish the song. ”

I have been called the human jukebox, yes. But karaoke is not meant for people who can sing! ”