There's been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.

I have my views and obviously my music has connotations that lean toward what I believe, but I've learned through other artists' mistakes that I'm never going to use my career as a platform for politics, especially at shows. People come to hear music. It's my job to entertain them, and it's my escape too.

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.

I am proud to be a normal size girl and I want to encourage everyone to be confident at any size.

Heartbreak is good fuel for country songs. And cheating.

We write so many songs, it is difficult to narrow them down.

I definitely still have ... angst but I also wrote some songs that say it's okay to love, now. I'm happy in my life, and it's a bit easier to write happy songs when you are actually happy.