I'm an outdoors girl - I like to go fishing, riding four-wheelers, hunting.

I really think that being yourself, being original, being outside the box is starting to be appealing to people.

I'm an outdoors girl - I like to go fishing, riding four-wheelers, hunting.

It takes strength to show vulnerability.

I don't know where "bro country" came from or what it really means, but a lot of those guys are my buddies and I ­support their music. Within ­country there are lots of styles: stone-cold country, like Brandy Clark, and there's Florida Georgia Line with what they do, which is completely different and bringing a whole new audience. There's room for everyone.

I do write a lot from personal experience, but I also embellish a bit.

You have a career, and you start as a business person. And you work your way, you reach this peak, and you know the time's going to come when you go back down.