It's really cool when, in every genre of music, you can listen to a song and know what era it was from.

I've never been scared, but I'm very naive.

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.'

I've always been drawn to the message of 'Be yourself. Love yourself.' I need to be reminded of that all time.

Honestly, I'm such a shoe girl. I like to save money, and I like to spend money on shoes.

Women in country music have always been a staple and always been important.

I feel like if you just walk with a purpose, people will think you're supposed to be there. That's my life theory.

I'm not super traditional at all.

I wanted to be a vet. I really thought that's what I wanted to do.

The thing that's been most important to me is being interactive with people that are listening to my music.

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.

I went to my first CMA Music Fest when I was 14 and waited in line for two hours to meet two people: Taylor Swift and Hillary Scott from Lady Antebellum. It's very ironic but not accidental that those two people refer to me as their 'little sister' now.

The Grammys are just the pinnacle of music.

I'm a huge fan of the Chainsmokers - like, huge. Like, I would love to collaborate with them.

'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.

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.

I just want to make the best music I can make.

My life is truly pop country.

There are certain days I will get home, and something will pop up on my Twitter, and I will just cry about it. I get so overwhelmed that I get to do what I do.

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.

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.

I'm in this wave with Maddie & Tae and RaeLynn and Mickey Guyton and Cam. We're all kind of finding our niches and becoming successful. I think that it's just been really fun to be with them and do this all together.

I used to walk around trying to do the Britney Spears growl: 'Oh, baby, baby.'

Me and my mom made a deal that if something would happen to help me get my start in music, I could get out of college.