Quotes from Carly Pearce

I went through a public divorce and wrote a project called '29' that really just is all about speaking your truth and owning the fact that we all go through things in life and it's all about what comes out of them.

I would say Alison Krauss was a big influence. Patty Loveless, Trisha Yearwood, Faith Hill. I loved, growing up, female voices with a lot of texture and a lot of character to their voices.

I hope that in sharing my stories and take on what has happened to me, that it empowers anyone who is going through a struggle that it is okay to not be okay.

I hope that the vulnerability I share in my songs and my story is a vessel to people, showing them they are not alone, and that anything is possible.

I wish that more women would be vulnerable with other women because none of us on this side of Heaven will ever reach perfection. I think that needs to be normalized.

I think that I know in my heart that I am making music that I would bet my life on.

I think I'm a lot braver than I realized.

I wrote a song about a guy who broke my heart, and it changed my whole world.

I'm passionate about running and staying fit - both mentally and physically - and it's no secret that I love my Garmin watches.

I had plenty of people pass on 'Every Little Thing.'

I love gifts that inspire positivity and give back.

This is going to sound corny, but I feel like I didn't choose music. Music chose me.

I've never known a day of my life that I didn't want to sing country music. I really did always know that it was my destiny.

That's my heart, I feel like I began and will die in country music.

I love checking out new cities when I'm on tour - it's fun and eye-opening. I always look for cute cafes and good shopping.

I'm such a fan of talented people and especially women and I feel like getting to collaborate is one of the most fun things we get to do as artists.

I got to see all of the west coast, which is so beautiful and so different from Kentucky. I also got to see a lot of the northeast during the snowy season. I had never experienced anything like that or temperatures like that. In 2017, I saw 47 states.

I had a lot of people that told me, 'Oh you're dated, or you're this or you're that or you need to be more this,' and it's kind of funny that when I stopped listening to all of that and just wrote from a place of truth everything started to fall into place for me.

I've not had it easy in the past - there have been developmental record deals fall through, and I had a lot of really different scenarios and really had to understand what it means to be a business person and to find your identity as an artist.

Everything has changed in my professional life; I get to live every dream - and more - that I ever wanted as a little girl, and as a teenager.

Busbee was like a family member to me.

It's so easy to look at artists, like myself or whoever, and think their lives are perfect. That's just not a reality for any of us.

When you go through things publicly, there's no hiding.

I genuinely have loved wine since I turned 21!