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" I was 15 on American Idol, and everybody had something to say. It was like I had my really awkward phase on national television, you know? "

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" I don't think that anyone was trying to keep me from writing the first album. It's just when you're on 'American Idol' or a TV show like that, you wanna capitalize on that momentum, and you want to use that to your advantage, obviously, so the best way to do that is to get the music out as fast as possible. And there's no time to create, really. "

" There are so many people who have eating disorders or who body shame themselves every day or have some sort of insecurity, and I feel like I have a direct reach to some of those people. "

" I always put God first. "

" I like any song that can tell a story that people can relate to. "

" People always ask me who my role models are and who I want to be like, and I don't wanna be like anybody; I wanna be me. I look up to a lot of people, and they have had great influences on me, but I wanna be original and different. "

" My mom married a family friend, and my dad married someone that's eight years older than me, so it was just like, these - like, I literally live a country song, so I had to write one. "

" I just want to inspire people to love other people and be accepting because I feel like there's so much going on in the world, and there's so many pressures, and there's so much negativity. "

" I just feel like in society and in public, we have this unspoken expectation that we're all trying to meet. And there's so much pressure to try to fit in. "

" I don't take myself too seriously, or I at least try not to, and I want to encourage other people to live that way because it's a much better way to go about your life. "

" My mom made me look in the mirror every day and say three things that I loved about myself. At first, I couldn't name anything. It was so sad. When my mom made me do that, I looked in the mirror, and I literally couldn't name one thing that I loved about myself. "

" People are pretty because they're nice, and they care about other people, and they have a good heart. That's what makes you pretty, and I didn't know that at one point in my life. "

" To see your dad cry is like - It's different than to see your mom cry, you know? "

" My mom would walk through a fire pit for me, and I'd do the same for her. "

" We all have our things that we go through, and I wanted to be an artist that people could listen to and feel like they're not alone. I want to be empowering. "

" Honestly, I never thought I would ever tell anyone that I had an eating disorder. It was my deepest, darkest secret. "

" I want to be happy. We all want to be happy. I want to be treated like a normal human being, but I also want to be on stage in a fancy dress, so I'm trying to find a happy medium. "

" Country music's really good about telling a story, so I want songs that tell good stories where people can say, 'That happened to me!' "

" I had five singles that did not work on country radio, and I still had fans that showed up to the shows. "

" I had bulimia for a few years. I was really sick. I don't know that person; I can't believe that was me. "

" I live country songs every single day of my life, so thank goodness I decided that was my passion! "

" I keep the people who I know love me really close. "

" Before I go to bed, I thank God for blessing me with all the things he blessed me with, and for my family to be safe. "

" I would see these people calling me 'fat' and calling me horrible names. And this one page called me 'Miss Piggy,' and they only referred to me as 'Miss Piggy.' I was a 16-year-old girl. I did not know how to deal with that, and I was already insecure about my weight. "

" I have insecurity problems like every teenage girl, but you have to work through them. "

" I grew up eating fried food. I thought that macaroni and cheese was a vegetable. "

" Self-confidence is something I've always lacked in. But finally, at some point, I just decided to be honest. "

" I want to write with Taylor Swift! "

" I love performing with a band way more than a track, just because it gets a whole new kind of vibe going and gets the energy up. You actually get to play off of the other people that are around you. "

" I don't let people say mean things to me! I don't surround myself with people who'd want to do that. "

" I want that to be my overall message - that we just need to love each other. We need to love other more. "