In Music and Business
Thank you Simon Fuller, Ann Edelblute, Iain Pirie and all of my team at 19. I would go crazy if you all weren't here to help me do everything. Thank you Jeff Frasco and everyone at CAA. To Joe Galante, Butch Waugh, Cindy Mabe, Renee Bell, Teddi Bonadies, Allen Brown and everyone else at RLG/Arista Nashville, you guys rock! Thanks also to Clive Davis, Charles Golstuck, Tom Corson, Richard Palmese, Scott Seviour and everyone at Arista. Thank you Mark Bright, Derek Bason and Dann Huff for making this album sound amazing! To all the wonderful songwriters and musicians who contributed to this album - thank you! Ken Kraus and everyone at Loeb & Loeb and Gary Haber and the Haber Corporation, thanks for keeping me out of trouble! To everyone at FOX and American Idol (especially Nigel Lythgoe), thank you for gving me my start! I never would have gotten this chance if not for you! Thank you Jessie Schmidt for keeping me in line and just for being you! Thanks Chris Oglesby - I love your family and your dog! Also, thanks to CMT, GAC and the folks at radio and retail.
In Life
Thank you God for making me the luckiest person in the world! I have done nothing to deserve any of this, but I will be forever grateful that I got this chance! Thank you Mom and Dad for giving me life and showing me how to live it right. Thanks Shanna, Stephanie, my family and my friends. Your support has been amazing! I love you all! I would also like to thank my babies (yeah, yeah, I know they can't read) Blondie, Mayeson, Mollie (The Wog), Maxell, Hollywimples and Bruce. Your unconditional love makes me so happy!
Last, but not least, I would like to thank my fans that believed in me before I believed in myself. I want nothing more than to bring smiles to your faces because that's what you do for me! I will never forget that you are the ones that voted for me and made my dreams come true! God bless you!"
