God for the many blessings, good and bad. I have learned it is true, He will only give you what you can handle, and I thank Him for showing me my true strength. To mom and dad, two people could not be more loving, supportive, and crazy to deal with having me. To my big sis Heather, you are my second mom, and my best friend, I love you; and Brian, sorry about that golf club thing. I didn't cheat. To Marc, thanks for teaching me to flare my nostrils and all those important things in life.

Thanks to Aleece, Grandaddy and Grandmommy Sweat, Poppa and Grandma Williford, Grandma Glission, all my aunts, uncles, and cousins, my puppies, Kevin, Carrie, Jay, Sara, Shana, Mike, Jenny, Rob, Carlos, Matt, Josh, Chad, Jasmine, and the girls of Entertainment Reveu, Cynthia Gries, Ms. Lota, Daryn Hawkins, Mr. Nail, my choreographer Kristin, "My Big Sissy Krissy Ford" Denehy, and aminah (Ah Kitty Kitty).

Thank you to everyone at Lava and Atlantic Records:

Ahmet Ertegun, Val Azzoli, Jason Flom, Andy Shane (put that cigarette down long enough to read my thank yous), Ron Shapiro, Lee Trink, Andrea Ganis, Danny Buch, Vicky Germaise, Lee Stimmel, Rick Froio, Steve Davis, Linda Ferrando, Patti Conte, Caroline Prutzman, Nikke Slight, Byron Ward, Janet Stampler, Sharon Robertson, Kevin Weaver, Lisa Velasquez, Lee Ann Callahan, John McMann, Johnny D, Donna Jaffe, Laura Gold, Stefani Kavoulakos, Chip Dorsch, Jeff Newton, Amy DeRouen, Andy Karp, Gregg Nadel, Jerome Panmell, Angela McLain, Nikke Hirsch, Christina Dittmar, Tahirih Walker, Sara Shenasky, Nick Romel. Thank you to Dick Parsons, Roger Ames, and the Atlantic local crew, the WEA family, John Titta and Warner-Chappel Publishing. I know how hard you all are working and we all know that without you I would not be writing thse.

Thanks to

Rob Light and Mitch Rose at CAA, Annie Kallin Zehren, Lori Majewski, Cara Shultz, MTV, Dio, Chanel, D&G, Fendi, Paul Marciano and the Guess? Family, Dana Weiss, Scott McMahon, Jarrod Moses, David Caruso, and everyone at Pantene & Tali, Grey Advertising, David Kokakis, Ford Models, Abrams Artists, Chris Applebaum, A Band Apart, Mr. Pink, the cast and crew of Bad, Jeff Fenster, Evan Lamberg, David Sonenberg, Scott McCracken, Seth Friedman, Lindsey Jones & everyone at the DAS family, Kenneth Grier, Magic Johnson, David Simon, Winston Simone, Perry Landesberg, Bob Burke, Alissa Pollack, and all of the wonderful crazy people wo play my record at radio.

Special thanks to:

Simon Collins and Andy Tavel. You saw who I was,and they couldn't understand. For sticking by me through that, I thank you.

Thanks to all

of the writers and producers, Eve Nelson, Bernadette O'Reilly, Tim & Bob, DJ Scribble, Anthony Acid, Josh & Brian, Shep & Kenny, Robbie Nevil, Desmond Child, Ty V & Dutch, Fred Jerkins, Andy Marvel, Josh & Brian, Jam & Delgado, Murlyn Music, and the many talented writers whose work often goes unnoticed.

For the artists:

Sygnature, Little T and One Track Mile, Kid Rock, BSB, Royce the 5'9'', Lamar, "my Uncle" Kracker, Sugar Ray.

Finally, for my fans:

The patience and loyalty that a person rarely finds is something that I have found in all of my fans. Although we may not always be together, all of you make Willa Ford; therefore you are always with me.

And thank you to all the anti-Willa fans:

All I ask is that we try to come together and remember it's all about the love and music. And if we refocus the negative energy, we can do so much more together for our generation.

Here's to the next record:

May my life be as much of an emotional rollarcoaster as it was during this one so I can keep writing real lyrics and not the cheesy sh*t about butterflies, sunshine, and candy.