I highly respect all of the past contestants, and I've learned so much from [watching] them.

I've definitely learned a lot since I've been here.

You can't look at it like [a high-pressure situation]; you just have to have fun. I've grown so much since the first performance week, and it's because I was so nervous. You have to get the nerves out and just have fun, because that's what it is all about.

I have fake eye lashes on and they feel like tarantulas. But they're not real tarantulas.

In all honesty, I'm not really familiar with Stevie Wonder's music, since country is more of my style. I really have no idea what I am doing.