Kelsea Ballerini Quotes
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I wanted to be a vet. I really thought that's what I wanted to do.
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I want to stay where I am. I'm stoked to be a country artist.
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It's been really cool to me to watch someone like Sam Hunt, whose lyrics and roots are in country but you can hear that he listens to Drake and Justin Timberlake - and that's OK. It allows songwriters to be more honest because it's like, 'This is who I'm listening to.'
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As a fan, I connect with realness. Whether it's strong or vulnerable, if it's real, I can connect with it.
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I did ballet, jazz, and all that, but I think hip-hop is really where I learned rhythm and groove, which has helped me in music.
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I'm so weird and quirky, and painfully awkward sometimes.
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In my opinion, it's all about the song and the performance, not the gender.
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I was a huge Jonas Brothers fan, unapologetically, when I was 12 or 13.
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The fun thing about song writing is that it's just creative. It can be whatever you want it to be. For me, I'm really protective of that. I'm not going to write something because I feel like it fits here or it fits there - I just want to write music that feels good to me, you know?
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You really do have to be different. You really do have to set yourself apart.
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I really want people to know I'm a songwriter.
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I started writing songs by myself. That always came from whatever I was feeling and being honest about that because I never had any intention of anyone ever hearing them.
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I love having that conversation with someone I've never met before who's enjoying something that I wrote and being able to connect and share that.
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I've always been drawn to strong women in every genre, people who push the boundaries because they're just epic.
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As a young woman, I just think there's something really confident and empowering about being able to flirt back.
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With Rascal Flatts, I'm such a fan of them, and I feel like they've been so gracefully relevant through decades of country music.
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I always thought it was a goat that kicked me over the fence. My mama told me the other day it was a cow. Now I'm sort of scared of both.
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My theory is the root of a country artist is truth and honesty. For me, I look at Sam Hunt. The truth and the honest thing is we have southern roots, we were raised in a southern way, but we listen to Drake and other stuff, too.
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I feel a loyalty to my favorite artists, and to have my fans feel that, for me, is a special bond because I've been there for so long.
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Music videos, to me, are like an extension of a song.
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'Peter Pan,' I think, was a game-changer. That was the first song that really had some heartbeat to it... I think that's the song that got people's attention.
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I think that I've just kind of found my niche, if that makes sense. I still write the same, but I feel like I've found what separates me, and I always try to stay in that when I write. It took me a long time to discover that, so I try to be protective.
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It took a while to learn to eat healthy on road. It's really hard. Really, really hard. But on the bus, I can use the stovetop in the morning to make a veggie scramble. And have lots and lots and lots of coffee. I try to have protein for dinner so I have energy for the show.
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The first album is an introduction, and when people listen to it top to bottom, I want them to know me.