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I internalize a lot of thoughts, and sometimes it seems like I'm not listening or totally zoned out, but I'm always on a loop of ideas and song titles. I'm definitely kind of a space cadet, but I'm very laid back.
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Just to be nominated, and especially as a new artist and a female artist, is a feat. Winning anything is just a bonus.
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Even when a drunk guy, a program director, was slurring his words and telling me what to do with my career, I didn't react to him in a negative way. You kind of have to joke back with them to put them in their place.
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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.
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Maybe someday there will be a song I write that I never let see the light of day because I don't want it to be uncontainable and have to play it again. And I have written songs like that that are just for me. It's like writing a letter to someone you're angry at but never sending it and just putting it in a drawer.
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I thought there was a glitch when they told me that in two or three weeks 'My Church' hit a million streams.
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'Mr. Misunderstood' - that whole album is incredible and just has amazing songwriting.
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With streaming services, the walls have come down a bit on genres. So I never really set out to make a country record or a pop record. I just wanted to make it mine.
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I think if you listen to my album, you could probably gather that I am not the most gung-ho conservative-ideology-leaning person.
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It's funny to think that at 22 years old, I was really burned out from being on the road for 10 years.
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Performing with Thomas Rhett our song 'Craving You,' I'm so excited for the fans to see it and sort of see our worlds come together because I feel like he's sort of a genre pusher and boundary pusher, and I feel the same way about my music.
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You either have to sing about being scorned by a lover or sing about thinking a boy is cute and wanting him to notice you. That's about as edgy as you can get.
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Enjoy every moment because it is so good and just a testament to all the work you've put in.
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I started to see this common theme with the songs that I was writing or co-writing, and it all had this really strong, independent point of view that I had subconsciously been craving from the music scene.
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I don't want to get political here, but everything I've heard out of Donald Trump is definitely, um, shocking. The fact that he's got women fans is very alarming to me, because some of the stuff that has come out of his mouth is just so awful.
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It seems like almost every day I've been able to cross things off my bucket list.
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I get a lot of my songwriting done while driving around Nashville - sometimes it comes to me that way.
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I'm a huge country fan and am always inspired by classic country.
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I did choir, soccer, some theater. The only weird thing about my life was that I was playing honky-tonks on the weekends.
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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.
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I've paved this road myself, and no one else has walked it the same exact way that I have. There are people that helped kick the door in, but it's really satisfying to be in a place where you know who you are and you've figured yourself out.
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I love playing with my dog and just sitting on the patio with people I don't get to see very often anymore. I'm a pretty simple gal.
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I've always had an ear for melodies, and they veer pop. My lyrics are more country - what I love is the storytelling and the structure, how tight the rhymes can be. But pop melodies have always been intrinsically linked to my writing style.
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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.