It takes strength to show vulnerability.

Country music is different because we [musicians] are all actually happy for each other. We're all friends. It's a little family. So if you don't win [an award], usually one of your friends does. So it's kind of a cool thing. I think it's the only genre of music to have that camaraderie.

I'm really fortunate because, in my career, I haven't had to deal with anybody trying to make me something I'm not.

Really skinny actresses make me hungry. I see them and think, 'Honey, you need to eat!'

A lot of people tell me, once they get to know me, that they're surprised that I'm nothing like they think I'll be.

You leave home, you move on and you do the best you can. I got lost in this whole world and forgot who I am.

I think [“Shake It Off”] is awesome! It sticks in your head. I heard it one time and I was, like, singing it all day long! Of course she's gonna go and do a pop record if she wants to. She's an amazing writer so if she comes back tomorrow and says 'I'm gonna make a country record now', we'll listen to that and buy it too! I mean, it doesn't matter. I'm just proud of her for doing whatever art she wants to do; it's gonna be successful it's Taylor Swift! I have a lot of her material on my iPod and I bought the new single. I'm a supporter of hers.