Growing up, I was never the kind of girl to dream about wedding dresses and pretty houses.

When I'm up on stage, I don't think about anything except the song I'm singing. Anyway, the majority of my audience is female, and I can't think that many of them want to see me a French maid outfit somehow!

One thing I wish I'd done differently in my career is insist on having friends or family on tour. I was really young when I travelled the world with Eternal, and I was always homesick.

New Zealand was one of the most beautiful countries to drive through for the scenery and the vast scale of the place.

I wasn't thinking that I was going to go through my career undefeated. You expect to lose sometimes.

When you are 28, 29 years old... you are aware that this is going to be your last big contract of your career. You have to make up your mind: What is it that I want? Do I want to find something new, a new culture, a new league, a new language, new teammates, a new city? And what is it that I need to be happy? What is it that I need to perform?

I used to work at Kroger's. When the store opened, you were there. When I worked in an automobile plant, you punched in. So it showed if you were a minute late. If you have a paid job, you show up.

That's all I'm programmed for: to keep pushing and to try to make the most of my career and my life, to take care of my family.