I know this is going to sound cheesy and like I'm trying to be Miss America, but the most important responsibility a celebrity has is to set an example and be a role model.

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Pain happens to everyone. To grow up, to fulfill your potential, to develop into what...

Pain happens to everyone. To grow up, to fulfill your potential, to develop into what...

If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has...

If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has...

I think celebrities have an obligation to the public to not just sing or act.

I think celebrities have an obligation to the public to not just sing or act.

I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist....

I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist....

I'm religious. I think this is something God had planned for me.

I'm religious. I think this is something God had planned for me.

Well, there are certain words and emotions I don't want kids hearing, and I'm not...

Well, there are certain words and emotions I don't want kids hearing, and I'm not...

I got rid of my glasses and they changed my hair. That's really all they...

I got rid of my glasses and they changed my hair. That's really all they...

Well, fortunately we found out that the runner-up our particular year was going to get...

Well, fortunately we found out that the runner-up our particular year was going to get...

I did get a degree in special education.

I did get a degree in special education.

While everyone I work with may not share my beliefs, I have been surrounded by...

While everyone I work with may not share my beliefs, I have been surrounded by...

Actually, I don't hate cats, I'm just kind of afraid of them.

Actually, I don't hate cats, I'm just kind of afraid of them.

Well, financially it's a little bit better. But it's better than than when I was...

Well, financially it's a little bit better. But it's better than than when I was...

I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with...

I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with...

My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What...

My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What...

I want to make sure that no matter how long I go through this, I...

I want to make sure that no matter how long I go through this, I...

I kind of had my life planned out for me. I'd be married at some...

I kind of had my life planned out for me. I'd be married at some...

It's important that I make a difference in some way. It's not necessarily how I...

It's important that I make a difference in some way. It's not necessarily how I...

I was on TV for almost sixteen weeks during American Idol. It's at the point...

I was on TV for almost sixteen weeks during American Idol. It's at the point...

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting...

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting...

There are stars out there who would die to have this much exposure.

There are stars out there who would die to have this much exposure.