Quotes from Gabby Barrett

I value the Lord more than I value my career, because at the end of the day, when we die, we face him. We're going to wish that we did more on this earth for him. And so I want to make sure that I'm doing everything to glorify him.

The Lord always comes first in our lives, and then everything else comes second. And so with my music and with my platform, I have places to talk about the Lord and His goodness.

I would say when I was 9 or 10 I started doing gospel choir, and I was with them for about two years.

I was raised listening to so many wonderful females with great music.

Something a lot of people don't know about me is I sucked my thumb until I was in like eighth grade. It's cause, when I was a baby, I sucked my thumb and I guess my mom and dad never weaned me off of that, because they thought it was cute. And then it's like an addiction. That's your security blanket.

It was actually really hard to get a record deal after 'American Idol.'

I wasn't in any super duper serious relationships growing up, but yeah, I know what that heartbreak feels like.

I was always a homebody who wanted to be somebody's wife.

I'm getting to put my music out into the world the way that I envisioned and hoped it would be when I was little, and that is a total dream come true.

I like to be on most of my songs. I think being on your songs makes it all the more special in a way. Especially for me, just knowing that I'm releasing something that I was really a part of and dug in the dirt with.

I think 'American Idol' has prepared me for anything.

I've always loved R&B. That love seemed to start in church. But then I saw Carrie Underwood on American Idol, and I fell in love with country. Heck, I loved the hair bands of the '80s too, so I have always loved country and rock 'n' roll.

Oh, I'm very grateful for 'American Idol' and I always will be.

There were a lot of challenges I had to face on 'American Idol' that helped me grow in a few different ways that I'll take forever with my career.

From 11 to 17, I just toured my butt off with my dad and my sister. We hit the road and I was singing all kinds of different songs and different types of genres. But I knew from an early age what I wanted my sound to be, which was country on bass, and I wanted to be a country artist.

I think you get a lot of influence from what your parents play around you. So I always loved country, R&B and rock.

I'm very fortunate that R&B was where I first kind of learned my root in singing. I was able to do more with my voice and find it at an early age and then transform that into country as well.

There's a happy medium to everything, even with powerhouse singers. You don't have to belt it out all the time. You don't have to overuse something.

My dad is my rock. Every single penny he earns goes into my dream.

Not every single person is bad, not all guys are bad, and I found my good one.

I naturally gravitated first to R&B and pop: Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle.

From a very young age, my main thing was always entertaining.

From a young age, I was never into going out and partying.

I was influenced by gospel and Christian music from a very young age.