I never want to be too mean with my songs, but with I Hope It Rains it was definitely somewhere in the middle with being sassy but also a little class in there as well. It was a good blend for me and who I want to be perceived as an artist.

I'll never sing something that I've never been through. So even if I didn't write it, I have to have at least experienced it.

I do remember the people who believed in me in the beginning. I'll never forget that.

In Los Angeles there's, like, this awful image because the girls are so skinny. I don't think it's attractive whatsoever, and I also think that it gives a bad image to kids that are in their early teens. It's not healthy.

People were always asking me who I wanted to tour with, and I always said Jason Aldean or Brad Paisley.

I'm from Michigan and a down-home girl.

I have an amazing family. I was raised in a wonderful mid-west family.