I'm kind of proud of myself. I've been able to keep a certain grace about me, even in the times of disgrace and craziness.

I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair.

My career only took off because of one football game. I thought it was funny. 'Playboy' called and offered me a cover just like that. I turned them down initially, because I was nervous about it and my boyfriend at the time didn't want me to do it, but they kept coming back, so I eventually said yes.

I feel that, at this point in my career, I don't want to do another television show. I don't want to do a film.

My mother was the daughter of a poor schoolteacher - well, that's a tautology - a country schoolteacher.

When I was 11 years old, I was bullied. It mainly started when I moved to California to pursue my dreams of being an actress. Kids back home in Texas, who I thought were my friends, were saying things behind my back. They said that I would never make it because I wasn't talented or pretty enough to be on TV.

There's not a day goes by that I don't appreciate the freedom that I have to make music and tour and spend time with my family.

Jack doesn't belong anymore to just a family. He belongs to the country.