JAMIE LYNN SPEARS

I had a perfect pregnancy and a perfect delivery. I was very blessed.

I love babies, and I have my nephews that I love. I have a great mom and she has raised three kids, so if I take lessons from her, I think I'll be great. All my friends have little brothers or sisters.

I would like to be like Britney, but maybe better, but I don't wanna outshine her.

Everybody is dealt a hand of cards. It was my choice to play them the way I played them.

Do people have an idea of who they think I am? Yes, and that's fine with me. My music will speak for itself.

All I can do is be my best - there will always be people who will never like me.

I would love being the soccer mom.

I just want a healthy, happy baby, so the whether it's a boy or a girl really doesn't matter.

I was a kid who did a kid show. Then I went away and raised my child, and the world has never met me as an adult.

I'll probably do a lot of acting first, then go to singing, but I am going to definitely sing someday. So when I do start singing, buy my album!

Music has always been close to my heart.

I really like Holly Williams. I've said that a bunch, but her song 'Drinkin',' I just love it.

I'm not just a child star. And I'm not just someone's sister. And I'm not just a teen mom.

I lived in Nashville for about five years. It was almost like me going to college for my craft. I immersed myself in the songwriting community there. They embraced me, and I made some real friends but also learned so much.

I just want to be a good mom who makes her little girl proud.

I loved the Dixie Chicks. They were always so fun.

Me and my dad, we'd go to the dirt bike races every year. I mean we'd go probably too much every year. And he would make me listen to all country music.

I'm more honest in my lyrics than I am in anything else. It's where I feel the most safe to express myself.

I needed to really grow up myself so I could be the woman that my daughter deserves.

I would be lying if I said if I didn't miss out on what normal teenagers do, of course. But I don't need pity for that.

Of course, you want to be respected by your peers, and you want people to connect to you as an artist, but for me, it's more about staying true to myself and doing something I believe in and focusing on that.

I would say the only thing I may change is that my whole family could live in Louisiana. That would be nice if all our houses were a block away from each other. That, to me, would be the best thing in the entire world.

That has been my outlet and a way to provide for my child - writing songs for myself and for other artists.

You have to be an adult; there is no sitting around and feeling sorry for yourself.

Truthfully, my childhood was so fun. Everything was new, and everything was like Christmas because we were just from this small town, and my sister had amazing success. It was so amazing to see my sister reach such heights.