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" People would say to me, 'Who do you want to be as an artist?' And I would just look at them because I didn't know. "

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" I hope each week I grow and impress you guys and make you happy. "

" 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. "

" When you go through really hard times, you really figure out who you are, how you respond to things, and how things affect you. "

" 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? "

" There were blogs that called me Miss Piggy. It's a really hard thing to see as a teenager, especially when you already have problems. Reading what people had to say about me online definitely made it worse. People can be vicious. "

" 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. "

" I really feel like I found myself, and when I found myself, I found the music along with it. "

" 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. "

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

" I didn't lose. I got second. That's still winning. How could I be unhappy with second place? There are a million people who would love to be in my position. "

" For whatever reason, people just like to come out and say whatever they want to say about you when you're on TV. "

" I remember my doctors examining my vocal cords and asking if I had an eating disorder, and I instantly said no. But then my mom, who was in the room with me, said my name in her 'mom voice,' and I just lost it. I didn't realize that she knew or that anyone knew. "

" 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. "

" No matter where you're from, what you've done, who you are, what your family's done, it's like, you cannot be healthy without love. "

" My favorite type of music to sing is a crossover between country and pop. "

" I just desperately wanted to be thin. That's all I thought. I was obsessed with it, which it was ridiculous because I had everything going for me. I was following my dream. Everything I wanted at the time, I was getting. But I was obsessed with this other thing that was making me unhappy. "

" 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. "

" It is a horrible feeling to have people bashing you online. "

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

" When I started working all the time, I started eating the right food that will help me have my energy up and stay healthy. "

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

" I've got people around me that let me know when something really good happens. "

" I hope I'm exactly what America is looking for, I don't know, I'm just going to be myself and hope that they love it. That's all I can do. "

" It's so interesting how you can take a bad situation and make a great song out of it that somebody else can listen to and have a completely different perspective of the song and have their own meaning. That's what's great about it. "

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

" I wrote 'Road Less Traveled' to make myself feel better and process what I was going through. "

" 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. "

" I write about what's on my mind. It's like a stress reliever. "

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