ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Since you want to be considered a country artist, were you worried when ''Cheats'' became a pop hit?
CARRIE UNDERWOOD: I wasn't, because we didn't change the song. I did sing it on SNL, but we sang it as it was. It wasn't like, ''This is my new pop single, 'Before He Cheats.'''
Let's talk about your time on Idol. What went through your mind after you sang ''Alone'' and Simon said, ''Not only will you win this show, you will sell more records than any other previous Idol winner''?
I thought, I might be here another week. I can go on tour and make enough money to pay for college.
Come on! You didn't think you had it in the bag?
They said around 100,000 people tried out. For me to think that I'm one in 100,000 was ludicrous. I've always loved to sing, and I thought it would be the coolest job ever, and I thought I was okay, but there were people that were so good that made it to Hollywood Week who people never even saw.
Do you like being famous?
I love being able to perform in front of people. I like potentially making a difference in somebody's day or somebody's life. Sometimes things can get kind of scary. Like, I was in Victoria's Secret the other day, which I went to for the first time last year, 'cause, I don't know, I have a weird thing about that.
What do you mean?
I have problems going into a store like that. I'm a private person, and I don't want people knowing what kind of underwear I like. It's creepy! But these girls followed me the whole time, and I'm like, ''Man, they see every single pair of underwear I'm putting in my little shopping bag!'' Just say something. Say hey, I'll say hey, it'll be good, and then we can both continue shopping.
So what do you want us to know about you?
Not that much. I'm funny but I'm not, like, too funny. I'd rather go bowling than go to a club. A lot of people think I don't like them just because I'm pretty quiet. But there are certain things people don't necessarily need to know. There's got to be some things for me.
Both of your older sisters have kids. How old were they when they got married?
I think Shanna was 17, and I think Stephanie was 19. I'm about the only person in my family that's made it to 24 without being married. That's the way it works where I'm from. Most people, if you find someone to marry in high school, you do that, and if you don't find that, then you find someone in college. The End. I couldn't imagine myself being married [now].
NEXT PAGE: ''Every single person in the music industry knows if they had a chance like [Idol], they'd take it. And I'm sorry, anybody who says I took a shortcut, they are insane.''
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