Zitat des Tages von Kelsea Ballerini:
I grew up loving music and being super involved in church choir and school musicals and such, but when I started writing is when I fell in love with the idea of doing it for the rest of my life.
I wouldn't be an artist if I didn't have Shania Twain, Faith Hill, Taylor Swift to look up to.
Sometimes, if I really just need to unwind and kind of watch something that isn't gonna stress me out or have drama in it, I watch 'Spongebob.'
I'm so weird and quirky, and painfully awkward sometimes.
My theory is the root of a country artist is truth and honesty. For me, I look at Sam Hunt. The truth and the honest thing is we have southern roots, we were raised in a southern way, but we listen to Drake and other stuff, too.
I want to be a good person first and a good artist second.
Before I really knew country music, I listened to pop, and I still do.
On stage, you can get away with more, so I definitely use that to my advantage and go bolder with fashion, hair, and makeup. I love a smoky eye and long lashes.
Me and my mom made a deal that if something would happen to help me get my start in music, I could get out of college.
I am a fan before I am an artist. I was that twelve year old girl that looked up to Taylor Swift. I get what that role is as a fan. I think that because I know that, I'm really careful and intentional about what I say and what I put out. I want to be that role for anyone who wants me to be that.
I think that every time a country artist steps outside of the country boundary, it just brings more ears to us.
I have a picture of me with Lady Antebellum, when they released their first single and I was at CMA Fest as a fan. I'm in flower-power shorts and a headband - so not cute - and I'm fan-girling next to Hillary. I couldn't believe I was standing next to her.
I went to my first CMA Music Fest when I was 14 and waited in line for two hours to meet two people: Taylor Swift and Hillary Scott from Lady Antebellum. It's very ironic but not accidental that those two people refer to me as their 'little sister' now.
Growing up, I remember thinking country music was all honky-tonks and beer and trucks - Britney Spears was my first concert.
I have a huge appreciation for music in general, but my roots are country.
My favorite festival beauty look is definitely braids and hats: a messy fishtail braid and a cute outfit, and I'm ready!
The greatest gift I've been given is being naive, because I don't know what I can't do. And when you don't know what you can't do, you think you can do everything.
I started writing songs by myself. That always came from whatever I was feeling and being honest about that because I never had any intention of anyone ever hearing them.
Even though there are incredible songs floating around Nashville, it's important for me to have my voice heard.
My favorite songwriting trick is writing something like 'XO.' In my brain, I thought, 'This is probably going to be a love song. How can I change that and find ways to twist that.' As a songwriter, it's your job for the song to take twists and turns that people don't expect.
I did ballet, jazz, and all that, but I think hip-hop is really where I learned rhythm and groove, which has helped me in music.
There's a YouTube video of these two kittens that just fall over and pass out. My blood sugar's crazy, so I would pass out sometimes, like the fainting kittens.
I starting writing when I was about 13 or 14 years old.
With Rascal Flatts, I'm such a fan of them, and I feel like they've been so gracefully relevant through decades of country music.
I've never been scared, but I'm very naive.
I try to be as honest as I can in writing. That's what ends up translating and relating to people.
Being a songwriter is really the base of being an artist, for me.
I think that, as artists, all we can do is be who we are. I think that if we do that, then we're automatically not anyone else.
I love Taylor Swift, and I've always been such a fan of her.
I've always been a big, bold thinker and a dreamer.
When I was 12, I was going through an awkward time. Writing music helped me find my voice and express the things I was feeling.
'The First Time' is a song that I wrote by myself on my front porch, in real-time, as that situation was happening to me.
It's really humbling to be acknowledged by such established names like CMT and Billboard.
You really do have to be different. You really do have to set yourself apart.
I just want to make the best music I can make.
Honestly, I'm such a shoe girl. I like to save money, and I like to spend money on shoes.