Mandy Moore is hoping to make the leap from teen pop star to singer-songwriter with her new album 'Wild Hope.' Moore spoke to Spinner about some of the scribes who influenced her as she wrote for the album.

"A lot of people I worked with -- the Weepies, Lori McKenna, Rachael Yamagata, but also people like Ryan Adams, Wilco, Patty Griffin, Joni Mitchell -- their work to me is on a pedestal," she says. "I really find myself gravitating towards a lot of cool singer-songwriter stuff, even more modern folk. I love that."

Having co-written her new album and becoming intimately involved in the songwriting process, what songs does Moore wish she could've written?

"I would have to go with 'Last Goodbye' by Jeff Buckley because it's on my top five list of all-time favorite songs. Probably 'God Only Knows' by the Beach Boys. I'm also obsessed with 'Come Pick Me Up,' that Ryan Adams song off of 'Heartbreaker.'"

Mandy's come a long way from her syrupy 'Candy' days, when she competed alongside Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera on the Top 40 charts. Both Mandy and Christina have grown up and let their maturing musical tastes blossom. When's it going to be Britney's turn?