The road is hard, and you have to get accustomed to it.

Falling in love is awesome, but I'm never drawn to happy songs per se, so whenever you sit down to write a heartbreak song and you're happily in love, it's like, 'OK, now I have to go back to a sad place to get something good.'

Platinum is a lot of things: it's hair, it's diamonds and platinum

I literally wouldn't have dreamed of it in a million years that I'm going to be standing there with George (Strait) and Garth and Kenny (Chesney) and Reba (McEntire) and Brooks & Dunn. I don't really have any clue what I'm actually doing with those people because I feel like I'm still just getting started and I've seen them all in concert and they're all my heroes.

Yeah, I have a tough-girl image.

I think I find new idols every day - someone that says something really inspiring, is successful, has character.

Miranda Lambert! She not only has amazing music, but she is an awesome role model for females and rescues lots of animals!