“It's really cool when, in every genre of music, you can listen to a song and know what era it was from.”

“It's really cool when, in every genre of music, you can listen to a song and know what era it was from.”

“I see little girls at my meet-and-greets who are like, 'Kelsea! It's my first concert and I came to see you.' And I'm thinking, 'I don't want to post anything online that your mom would be mad at me for, because you're important to me.'”

“When I was 15, my mom and I packed everything up and moved to Nashville so I could pursue my dream in music.”

“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.”

“It took a while to learn to eat healthy on road. It's really hard. Really, really hard. But on the bus, I can use the stovetop in the morning to make a veggie scramble. And have lots and lots and lots of coffee. I try to have protein for dinner so I have energy for the show.”

“It's really cool when, in every genre of music, you can listen to a song and know what era it was from.”

“It's been really cool to me to watch someone like Sam Hunt, whose lyrics and roots are in country but you can hear that he listens to Drake and Justin Timberlake - and that's OK. It allows songwriters to be more honest because it's like, 'This is who I'm listening to.'”

“I remember telling myself when I got to start having artist opportunities, 'Let yourself be a fan, because you are. The minute that you walk in a room with Carrie Underwood, and you're too cool to freak out, you need to check yourself.' I just let myself be a fan.”