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I love pop music, I love country music.
I'm a '90s kid, so I loved 'NSync and the Spice Girls.
There's no grace period between album one and album two.
In Texas, it's legal for a kid to be in a bar with your parents.
I'm a huge country fan and am always inspired by classic country.
I was rejected from 'American Idol' - and I'm happier for it now.
Nashville has become sort of this go-to writing city for every genre.
I didn't grow up around a lot of souped-up automobiles. I love my Prius.
I love dry British humor. I love to sketch in my off time. I love tequila.
I want to be as gracious and thankful as I can because it has been a long road.
It seems like almost every day I've been able to cross things off my bucket list.
I'll just drive around if I'm stuck on something or have a case of writer's block.
I learned to write from different points of view and not just something I would say.
My scope on what's good is if I like it. The first person I have to please is myself.
'My Church' - that was really the tipping point of me going from songwriter to artist.
'Mr. Misunderstood' - that whole album is incredible and just has amazing songwriting.
It's not my aim to be this, like, 'savior for females.' I just want to make good music.
I grew up listening to a lot of classic country, and I think that shows in my songwriting.
Enjoy every moment because it is so good and just a testament to all the work you've put in.
When I look at most lineups, especially in country, women are definitely lacking in numbers.
I think more guys should wake up and realize we're equal. You don't have to take care of me.
I love all types of music, and I think the genre lines are starting to get thinner every year.
I remember thinking the Nineties were uncool: 'I landed in the generation where nothing happens.'
I have a Prius, but I'd love to have a white convertible like Richard Gere's in 'American Gigolo.'
I hope there is a place for me in the country landscape, but I'm not too precious about it, either.
It's a pipe dream, but for me, I've always wanted a Tesla. I would never have to go to a gas station.
I get a lot of my songwriting done while driving around Nashville - sometimes it comes to me that way.
It's funny to think that at 22 years old, I was really burned out from being on the road for 10 years.
As a songwriter, I feel like, just for inspiration and research purposes, I have to listen to everything.
There are so many fun things that you live that you can write about and people of all ages can connect to.
I thought there was a glitch when they told me that in two or three weeks 'My Church' hit a million streams.
I've never been this loud personality. I don't dominate the room when I walk into it. I save that for stage.
There's not a lot of good content to write about when you're 13 years old, so you just have to kind of fake it.
I missed being onstage behind the microphone. After a while, it was hard to hear another voice singing my lyrics.
I always get less nervous when we get into rehearsals because it just gives me a better idea of how it's gonna go.
As a songwriter, I listen to everything to be inspired... from Rihanna to Bruno Mars to Springsteen to Johnny Cash.
Just to be nominated, and especially as a new artist and a female artist, is a feat. Winning anything is just a bonus.
A really big thing I've learned - and I think it's so liberating - is when you realize no one knows what they're doing.
I just love when girls rock short hair, because they can't hide behind anything. I feel more empowered with short hair.
I think about all of the freaking talent shows I've tried out for in my life, and I'm so glad I didn't make any of them.
I was 14, and I played this club that's no longer there because it was poorly managed: the Texas Tea House in Fort Worth.
I did choir, soccer, some theater. The only weird thing about my life was that I was playing honky-tonks on the weekends.
Right before I go out, we usually put on some Lauryn Hill or Fugees, and I'll do a shot of tequila just to calm my nerves.
They say it can all change with one song, and in my case, that rings very true, I was shocked that it happened this quickly.
I'm not in the teenybopper bracket, and I'm not in the 30-plus bracket. The fan response has been really widespread, age-wise.
There's no real high like finishing a new song, playing it a thousand times in your car, and freaking out with your co-writers.
I think about the people that I've seen change because they believed in their own hype. I just never want that to happen to me.
I just love Dolly so much, and Loretta. They both are songwriters that knew what they wanted to say; they were bucking a system.
I'm a control freak, even though I can be scatterbrained off stage. The only way I can have fun is if I know where everything is.
I think if you listen to my album, you could probably gather that I am not the most gung-ho conservative-ideology-leaning person.