“I think I find new idols every day – someone that says something really inspiring, is successful, has character.”
“If you don’t stand for something, how can anyone respect what you do?”
“I like to say what I think, and if it happens to push buttons, sorry.”
“Falling in love is awesome, but I’m never drawn to happy songs per se, so whenever you sit down to write a heartbreak song and you’re happily in love, it’s like, ‘OK, now I have to go back to a sad place to get something good.’”
“I don’t mind having a big butt – they’re back in style. But I do a lot of squats to make sure my booty’s not dragging on the ground.”
“People see me as someone who doesn’t take any crap from anyone – which I don’t – but it’s my shtick, and I obviously don’t act like that all the time.”
“I’m an outdoors girl – I like to go fishing, riding four-wheelers, hunting.”
“If you’re not polarizing, you failed, in my opinion.”
“I am incredibly thankful for the strong support I have from my peers in the industry and of course my amazing fans.”
“After trying Atkins and doing Nutrisystem a few times, now I’m just focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle rather than dieting.”
“My music is about being strong, even in your vulnerability.”
“I sucked in school.”
“I was a big shiny, glittery-type person. Now I’m a jeans and T-shirt girl, or I’ll wear sun dresses and cowboy boots in the summer. But at first I had to have stylists tell me, ‘That’s ugly.’”
“My mom was always saying: ‘Be whatever you want to be, but stick with it. Don’t waver. Don’t change who you are for anybody.’”
“I feel like I am one of those artists that, thank god, can sing live.”
“I like to write with people I have a relationship with; otherwise it’s kind of scary, and you hold back because you don’t want to pour your guts out to someone you never met.”
“I wanted to be heard, not seen. That’s how it all started.”
“Junk food drags you down.”
“I’m country through and through.”
“Long intros are cool because there’s a little bit of anticipation, you know?”
“Really skinny actresses make me hungry – I see them and think, Honey, you need to eat!”
“A lot of people tell me, once they get to know me, that they’re surprised that I’m nothing like they think I’ll be.”
“Yeah, I have a tough-girl image.”
“I’d love to get played on the radio, but it just doesn’t happen.”
“I also have a different, softer side, and I want for people to hear that.”
“I had to work at everything.”
“Music was the first thing I did where I was naturally talented.”
“I do write a lot from personal experience, but I also embellish a bit.”
“I was always suspicious and looking over my shoulder because that’s how I was raised.”
“I do appreciate every single dollar I earn.”
“My mom always says I cut my teeth on the church pew.”
“I’m really fortunate because, in my career, I haven’t had to deal with anybody trying to make me something I’m not.”
“In my everyday life, I’m pretty normal.”
“I just am who I am.”
“Marriage is gonna be your stability through everything.”
“I had a great childhood.”
“My family is awesome.”
“I started writing songs at 17.”
“I feel like I’ve started to grow up and be more of a woman instead of this crazy girl.”
“I have a pretty good ear.”
“I don’t want to get pigeonholed.”
“I really think that being yourself, being original, being outside the box is starting to be appealing to people.”
“I’ve been on big tours ever since I started, but you can’t just go out there and headline, you have to do it right.”
“I think I don’t have as much to prove now.”
“The road is hard, and you have to get accustomed to it.”
“Yeah, my dad bought me a guitar when I was like 10, and I didn’t really want it then.”
“I’m not a girl anymore.”
“I have seven rescue dogs.”
“I don’t really like vegetables. But I’ll eat them.”
“I didn’t do that many crazy things.”
“I didn’t go to parties or anything like that.”
“I’m wide open and raw emotionally to the crowd.”
“I love cover songs, but I always mess up the words!”
“I really feel every word to every song a lot more than I have in the past.”
“Country music has always sort of been country music.”
“People naturally change a lot during their 20s, so my songs reflect that progression.”
“My shows are always a mix of songs from all my albums with some rocking covers thrown in for fun.”
“I really love jeans.”
“Yeah, I try to be the best example I can be for young girls just as far as my person goes – just to uphold a good image.”
“Onstage, I don’t want to be thinking about my outfit, I want to think about what I’m doing, so I’ll try to dress as comfortably as possible.”
“Currently I’m not a crazy ex-girlfriend, but I can’t promise I won’t be one again.”
“At the very beginning of my career I felt very strongly about what type of artist I wanted to be.”
“For each album, I let the music that I love at that point in my life be my guide.”
“I think it’s awesome to see people of all different ages from all kinds of backgrounds come together for the love of music.”
“My weight always fluctuates by 10 pounds.”
“When I’m touring, I have to think of workouts that don’t require a gym.”
“There’s been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.”
“Don’t get me wrong, I love my first two albums a lot.”
“Right now it seems like the girls are drawing more attention to country music.”
“I definitely don’t ever want to burn out at my job.”
“My parents are private investigators for God’s sake.”
“I love country music.”
“I can reach the mass audience if I come from different perspectives on every song.”
“It’s important I deliver a great show and a good time.”
“I’m married to my best friend!”
“Heartbreak is good fuel for country songs. And cheating.”
“I’m a lifetime member of the NRA.”
“I got my first handgun license when I was 22.”
“Instead of going to college, I spent my time out on the road learning how to be a better musician.”
“I would love to have a song that I wrote by myself to win a ‘Song of the Year’ award.”
“I hope my music sets up the platform for me to be able to do lots of things – to have a cowboy-boot line, maybe, or do a perfume or makeup deal.”
“I try not to get too ahead of myself. I try to be happy where I am.”
“I wouldn’t want to bring a kid into this crazy world right now.”
“I did surveillance a lot, which sounds exciting, but it never was.”
“In a way, I had such a normal life. But in another way, I saw things most kids don’t see.”
“The bigger you get, the more pressure you have to deal with.”
“I’ve dated all kinds of guys and didn’t know who I’d end up with. But I kind of assumed it would be someone more like my dad than not.”
“Usually, I cut songs by other people that are artists that I already love.”
“My parents live right down the street from the house I grew up in.”
“I’d love to write for other people.”
“We had like a jolt of women in country, and it seems like we’re just kind of there now.”
“I kicked the door open, and I’m gonna hold my leg in there. I’m keeping the door open for all these amazing female singer-songwriters that are coming out.”
“One year, I was nominated for entertainer of the year, and I didn’t think I deserved it.”
“You have a career, and you start as a business person. And you work your way, you reach this peak, and you know the time’s going to come when you go back down.”
“It’s OK to have a little bit of curve.”
“Crunches only go so deep.”
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