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I remember telling myself when I got to start having artist opportunities, 'Let yourself be a fan, because you are. The minute that you walk in a room with Carrie Underwood, and you're too cool to freak out, you need to check yourself.' I just let myself be a fan.
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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.
Kelsea Ballerini
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The thing that's been most important to me is being interactive with people that are listening to my music.
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There's a YouTube video of these two kittens that just fall over and pass out. My blood sugar's crazy, so I would pass out sometimes, like the fainting kittens.
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I listen to everything. I sing country music, but I listen to different stuff.
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Hillary Scott from Lady Antebellum is like my big sister.
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Getting to do shows with Lady Antebellum, Keith Urban, and Sam Hunt is just awesome. It's so inspiring because I grew up such fans of Lady A and Keith, and to be able to sing my songs on the same stage as them and then stand side stage and watch them is just a really special thing.
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I try to be as honest as I can in writing. That's what ends up translating and relating to people.
Kelsea Ballerini
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I grew up loving music and being super involved in church choir and school musicals and such, but when I started writing is when I fell in love with the idea of doing it for the rest of my life.
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I was this little blond girl with a guitar case bigger than me - it was pink and sparkly at the time. But I always took myself seriously, and I think that people took that seriously. I would tell them about my goal list, and they listened. I was like, 'I want to be the one that swings the pendulum.'
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I have a huge appreciation for music in general, but my roots are country.
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I'm basically always writing. Why wouldn't I? I love it.
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The greatest gift I've been given is being naive, because I don't know what I can't do. And when you don't know what you can't do, you think you can do everything.
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I've studied live shows and artists for so long. I got the tour documentaries and all that and watched them. I love a show. I love an artist that can do all of it.
Kelsea Ballerini
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My biggest dream is to headline an arena tour.
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Women in country music have always been a staple and always been important.
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My favorite festival beauty look is definitely braids and hats: a messy fishtail braid and a cute outfit, and I'm ready!
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When I was 15, my mom and I packed everything up and moved to Nashville so I could pursue my dream in music.
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Songwriting was a gift that came to me when I needed it the most.
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I share so much of my life on social media, and I love the honest connection with the people that follow me.
Kelsea Ballerini
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No matter how exhausted I am after a show, I always take my makeup off. Even if it's just with a remover wipe.
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I was living in Knoxville, Tennessee, and I didn't really know how you would become a singer. I didn't even think that I could do it. I didn't even dream about it. But when I was 12, it was that year where I got tall, boys got cute, everything was weird. Then my parents split up on top of that, so it was a big year of change for me.
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Honestly, I was a fan before I got the opportunity to be an artist. I was the kind of fan who would stand in line or post a cover video.
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My songs are my stories... good, bad, ugly, beautiful.
Kelsea Ballerini