My mom was always saying: 'Be whatever you want to be, but stick with it. Don't waver. Don't change who you are for anybody.

I don't really do acting. I've done a little bit - enough to know I'll stick to what I know. Music is my thing.

Texas people are really strong in their roots. I started writing and playing guitar at 17. I've always loved music, and my dad is a singer-songwriter.

I just feel like it's easier to co-write sometimes, especially if you have chemistry with somebody. It kind of takes all the pressure off of you. But, you know, I started writing songs by myself. I didn't really have a co-writer, besides my dad. When I see a record and it has a song on it that someone wrote [alone], I just really believe in them as a writer. I feel like it's a window into them, more than it is if you write a song with someone else.

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

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

I wouldn't want to bring a kid into this crazy world right now.