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" I base a lot of decisions on my gut, and going with an independent label was a good one. "

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" I like touring extensively because I think the more hours you spend onstage, the more you know who you are onstage. "

" I know my flaws before other people point them out to me. "

" When I was a teenager, my biggest lessons came from Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, George Strait, Rascal Flatts and Brad Paisley. I learned so much from opening up for those artists, and it also taught me how to treat your opening acts and make them feel like they're part of a family, not just a tour. "

" A development deal is where they're giving you recording time and money to record, but not promising that they'll put an album out. "

" I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them. "

" I think the first thing you should know is that nobody in country music 'made it' the same way. It's all different. There's no blueprint for success, and sometimes you just have to work at it. "

" When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste it is to hate, and you could open their eyes. "

" One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same. "

" I'm 5'11, so when I wear heels, it's definitely a really good view that I have. I'm, like, 6'2 when I wear heels, so I tend to wear cowboy boots a lot. "

" For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you. It doesn't have to limit you. "

" I'm never in the same place for more than, like, three days at a time. Things can change from one minute to the next. "

" One of the things people don't really recognise about the similarities between country and hip-hop is that they're celebrations of pride in a lifestyle. "

" I haven't had that one great love, which is good. I don't want that to be in the past - I want it to be in the future. "

" My favorite thing in life is writing about life, specifically the parts of life concerning love. Because, as far as I'm concerned, love is absolutely everything. "

" But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under. "

" If someone has a really great boyfriend or career, I think, it's cool that happens. "

" I've been a huge fan of Chris Martin forever; it'd be awesome to work with him. He's really kind, and he's been really encouraging when we've met. "

" I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music. "

" It feels kinda weird being back in a high school cause I haven't been in a high school for about a year. So um, it's kinda interesting coming back, and y'know seeing the lockers, with all the signs, the handmade signs, so being in high school again is a little bit strange but in a good way. "

" All of my songs are autobiographical. "

Autobiographical

" I never read one hateful thing said about me by some 12 year old. So I got to live an actual life. And I've kept that mentality. Just because there's a hurricane going on around you doesn't mean you have to open the window and look at it. "

" When you walk out onstage in front of 65,000 people, it can bring you to tears. "

" I would love to sign on to do a movie if it was the right role and if it was the right script, because I would be taking time away from music to tell a big grand story, and spend all of my time and pouring all of my emotions into being someone else. So for me to do that, it would have to be a story worth telling. "

" When I go to a restaurant, yeah, I know that a line is probably going to form in front of the table, but didn't I always wish for that? Yeah, I did. "

" Your feelings so are important to write down, to capture, and to remember because today you're heartbroken, but tomorrow you'll be in love again. "

" I love making new friends and I respect people for a lot of different reasons. "

" I've been my mom's kitchen helper since I was a little kid. "

" For some reason, I'm really comfortable talking about my personal life in songs. "

" Most of my songs have names of people I've met or are dear to me. There are people who have privacy issues and about people knowing about their private life. But for me, I like to include few special names and few details about them to make the song very special to me. "