It`s all about keeping the faith. That`s why I pray out loud.

Faith has helped me to be a strong person and stay level headed. It brings me peace. In this business you definitely need peace.

On her dog Daisy: "She goes with me everywhere. It`s preparing me to be a mother, I think."

I don`t really care what I`m famous for. As long as I get to do the movie roles I want to do and still make records.

On plastic surgery: "I`m not against plastic surgery. I do believe that it becomes an addiction to people. But if you`re doing it for yourself, then you`re doing it for yourself. If you`re doing it to make heads turn when you walk down the street and get noticed, then I think that`s a bunch of BS."

I`m such a sucker for sappy songs. I`m a big romantic, and I love love. I love singing about it and listening to songs about it

I don`t want people walking out of a movie thinking I was trying to act or be some movie star. I want them to think, `That might make me like Jessica a little bit more.`

Why go through your life with regrets? Every decision you make determines who you are. If you make a bad one, you fix it. It makes you stronger.

Natural beauty is really happiness with who you are. It you like who you are on the inside, that`ll come through on the outside.

Twenty-three is old. It`s almost 25, which is like almost mid-20s.

I had doors slammed in my face as a 14-year-old because my boobs were too big. on the perils of being a curvaceous Christian pop star

After 9-11, I knew that I never ever wanted to be away from Nick ever for the rest of my life.

My first kiss was when I was 14. I could tell it was coming because Jason picked up a handful of mints. We had been going out for over a year, so it was really special.

I want people to fall in love with my voice before my image.

Nobody deserves to be treated like a princess 100 percent of the time - not even me!

Nick and I have gotten a lot of attention for doing a `reality` show on television, but the ability to give a child his or her smile back is the kind of reality that really deserves the attention. We are both so happy to play a small part in the wonderful work Operation Smile does for children. - on Operation Smile.

My mom was really worried I`d grow up looking strange, so every night before I went to bed, she`d pull my legs and stretch them so they`d be in proportion with the rest of my body.

I`m right there ready to explode... or I could go pfffffft. No one could ever hear from me again. - about how successful her future album may be.

Dumb is just not knowing. Ditzy is having the courage to ask! Ditzy is not editing yourself.

I think that freshness and that innocence is something that is missing from a lot of female singers. I`m certainly not denying that I`m young, but I`m not fluff.

I have this fear of talking to people. I`m worried they won`t like me. I`ve always had that insecurity. I tried to go up to Céline Dion at the Billboard Awards last year. She was right there, but I couldn`t do it. - CosmoGIRL, February 2001

I think that freshness and that innocence is something that is missing from a lot of female singers. I`m certainly not denying that I`m young, but I`m not fluff.

I want to be a diva... like people-totally-respect-my-music diva, not diva like carry-my-diet-Coke-around.

I`d go to concerts and think, `That`s exactly what I want to do.`

Everybody from my record label to my father as my manager was like, `Don`t get married.` But when I got married my career began.

I wanted to give up, but my family kept me going. - about losing a spot on "MMC" (1989) to Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.

You`ve done a nice job decorating the White House.

You`ve done a nice job decorating the White House. Introducing herself to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton in December 2004.