Diana interviewed by OK! Magazine's Jennifer Birn

Diana spoke with Jennifer Birn of OK! Magazine's blog "Simply Jen" on Monday about her current goings on. The conversation addressed various topics that ranged from Diana's starring role in the Los Angeles production of Back to Bacharach and David to her life back in Nashville (or as Diana likes to call it: "Nashvegas"). Below is a snippet from the interview:

You think of yourself as more of a country star than a pop star?
Correct. Life makes you go full circle for a reason and I grew up listening to country music of course living in the south and at the time when I was first singing, country was the only kind of clean music that a kid can sing. Then pop music flew off of the chart with Nsync, the Backstreet Boys, and Christina Aguilera. That's when I was in middle school, which is a huge melting point for your life and I just thought that pop was where I wanted to be and of course, I did it on Idol and I enjoyed it. I just wasn't happy in the end and everyone said my writing was more country. Life just takes you back to where you want to be and I feel blessed that I can still do country music. I also used to have a wonderful career in musical theatre so it's kind of funny that both of those things are in the same human being. I can go home and my accent comes back and I feel more natural, but as a theater actor I can turn it off and play Maria from Westside story. It's a great life I'm living, I wouldn't want it any other way.

And you're working on John Rich now?
I am. He's a great guy. He's kind of funny, but he's a great guy.

Diana went on to say that of all her friends from the third season of Idol, she keeps in contact the most with Matt Rogers. She also said Kimberley Locke and Bo Bice have become friends from the Idol circle and that she thinks it will come down to Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta for the finale of the current season of the series.