We had like a jolt of women in country, and it seems like we’re just kind of there now.
I am incredibly thankful for the strong support I have from my peers in the industry and of course my amazing fans.
Falling in love is awesome, but I’m never drawn to happy songs per se, so whenever you sit down to write a heartbreak song and you’re happily in love, it’s like, ‘OK, now I have to go back to a sad place to get something good.’
I like to write with people I have a relationship with otherwise it’s kind of scary, and you hold back because you don’t want to pour your guts out to someone you never met.
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.’