Quotes from Gabby Barrett

My dad has sacrificed so much for me and my family, so for me to be getting the star treatment is insane.

Music is just something I find very fun, the way other people find going to the mall is fun - which I do, too, trust me. I love shopping.

High school relationships will mess you up.

Actually, zero labels were jumping toward me, and I couldn't get to anybody. Nobody was paying any attention. And I was like, 'OK, I'm going to put my nose to the ground and really work on writing and creating some good songs that people could gravitate to.'

I am so unbelievably excited to share 'I Hope' with the world. After my 'Idol' chapter closed, I knew this song was the one I wanted to frame myself with.

We just love spending time with family.

I Hope' is the fourth song that I'd ever written in Nashville. I didn't know that it was as special as it was.

Be in Nashville if you want to be in country music, because everybody that can help you is here.

When I got into the Nashville scene, with the Ross Coppermans and Zach Kales and Jon Nites and Nicolle Galyons, all these people who have No. 1 hits with huge celebrities, they were able to show me creative ways and right ways of formulating songs.

Nashville's been like my second home.

I would definitely say I'm a country girl at heart; I wanted to make sure that I established my music first at Country just because that is the artist that I am. But it wanted to spill over into pop too, which I don't have a problem with at all and I think is awesome because it spreads it to a broader audience of people.

I always try to write from a genuine standpoint.

I wasn't born with nerves. You have to take yourself out of the equation and think about everyone else - you're the entertainer.

There were so many emotions on 'Idol' with nervousness and pressure, but in good ways.

The first time I ever had a song play on a legit radio station, I think I was about 13. It was a song of mine that I had written called 'Young Blood.'

For marriage, yes, people always had their opinions of, 'Oh, you're too young,' because it's become a stereotype, for some reason, for people to get married later in their 20s.

Nobody has done Mariah Carey whistle-tone notes in country music that I've heard of, and if you're capable of doing it, you might as well add it in.

In terms of brands, Jovani is one of my favorites, and also Zhivago, and I love Steve Madden shoes.

When people ask me about Cade, how he's doing or how we're doing, I always end up saying, 'Oh he's great, he's a keeper, he's a good one.'

Oh my God, Luke Bryan is so handsome in person.

Labels and people didn't know if i could write original music or anything.

My dad was into classic rock and R&B, which I originally started in. And then my mom did the country.

Full live performances are always my favorites, and I think a lot of people's favorites too, just because you can feel the energy off the crowd and there's so much more interaction, and just everything overall is just like very hype.

Things that are like overnight success things don't last long, and that's not something I wanted.