Kelsea Ballerini Quotes
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I starting writing when I was about 13 or 14 years old.
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As a young girl, there are pressures that come with any career, but I decided when I got into this I didn't want to be perfect.
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When I was 13, I started writing songs, and it fell into my lap all of a sudden. I wrote poems and journals, but that's when it switched for me to songwriting. That's when I wanted to do everything. It was like a fire all of a sudden. I started coming to Nashville and moved here when I was 15.
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When I was 12, I was going through an awkward time. Writing music helped me find my voice and express the things I was feeling.
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I love when an artist can stand by themselves and play their guitar and hold a crowd, but I also love bells and whistles.
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Growing up, I remember thinking country music was all honky-tonks and beer and trucks - Britney Spears was my first concert.
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I've gotten to be part of a lot of incredible tours and have learned so much from the people I've had the opportunity to open for.
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I'm a talker.
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I've never been scared, but I'm very naive.
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I love that on country radio, you can hear a George Strait song, and the next is Sam Hunt. I love that there's such a variety.
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I want to be a good person first and a good artist second.
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It wasn't supposed to work - being a new artist, a female artist, an artist on an independent. That's what made it so much sweeter when we hit No. 1.
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It's really humbling to be acknowledged by such established names like CMT and Billboard.
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I love getting facials. I've even started doing microdermabrasion to keep all the makeup and dirt out of my pores. And when I'm traveling, I'll always grab a moisturizing face mask.
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I think that, as artists, all we can do is be who we are. I think that if we do that, then we're automatically not anyone else.
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I have a huge appreciation for music in general, but my roots are country.
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I have a picture of me with Lady Antebellum, when they released their first single and I was at CMA Fest as a fan. I'm in flower-power shorts and a headband - so not cute - and I'm fan-girling next to Hillary. I couldn't believe I was standing next to her.
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I see little girls at my meet-and-greets who are like, 'Kelsea! It's my first concert and I came to see you.' And I'm thinking, 'I don't want to post anything online that your mom would be mad at me for, because you're important to me.'
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For a long time, because I'm pretty tall, I was scared to wear heels, but now I wear them all the time. I feel like I'm still discovering my stage style, but I love - well, I'm not a huge color person onstage, but I am in real life. I like short stuff, big heels, fringe, lots of fringe, sometimes sparkle, yeah!
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It's really cool when, in every genre of music, you can listen to a song and know what era it was from.
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I grew up performing in glee club at my school; I was the ostrich in 'Peter Pan,' and then I was super-involved in church choir and worship leading at my church. So I always loved music and was involved with it, but never really thought it was what I wanted to do until I started writing.
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I feel like if you just walk with a purpose, people will think you're supposed to be there. That's my life theory.
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My favorite songwriting trick is writing something like 'XO.' In my brain, I thought, 'This is probably going to be a love song. How can I change that and find ways to twist that.' As a songwriter, it's your job for the song to take twists and turns that people don't expect.
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Before I really knew country music, I listened to pop, and I still do.