9 Quick Questions for Robin Meade

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Millions of viewers across the country count on Robin Meade’s signature “Morning Sunshine!” greeting to start their day. At 53, she’s a best-selling author, country music singer and former

Miss Ohio, and this year marks her 21st as anchor of HLN’s Morning Express with Robin Meade. 

I think so. There may be a time in college where perhaps I wasn't, but I've always been an early starter.

I think it tastes terrible. I really do. No matter how much I doctor it up, it tastes terrible, but I drink it for the function. The funny thing is that, in my first 15 years here at CNN

Headline News … I did not drink coffee. Seriously, I would drink hot water. Then, somewhere along the line, I started drinking coffee. And I don't know how many cups [I drink]. Maybe four or

five by the end of the day?

Yes, I will grab a cold can — like Diet Sprite or whatever I have — out of the fridge, and I just put it on my eyes for a little bit. 

Day in 2011 and Count on Me in 2013]. If you were offered a big recording contract tomorrow, would you leave your day job?

No, I would not. But thank you for putting in my mind that it could happen. I know what my strength is, and what I get to do for a living is my favorite. I feel passionate about it.

Favorite singer or songwriter?

I love me some Brandi Carlile. Her voice is so stellar. If you go to a concert, you just feel like you're right along with her. She’ll do covers. She's not one of these artists who's too

proud to cover somebody else's work. I've enjoyed her immensely.

Robin Meade performs during the 2012 Academy of Country Music Awards All-Star Jam in Las Vegas. Frazer Harrison/ACMA2012/Getty Images for ACM