133 Quotes by Kelsea Ballerini

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.

I love pop music. I listen to it; I think you can hear it in my songwriting and my album. I'd definitely say it's country-pop music, but it's country first.

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.'

Growing up, I remember thinking country music was all honky-tonks and beer and trucks - Britney Spears was my first concert.

I used to walk around trying to do the Britney Spears growl: 'Oh, baby, baby.'

The first album is an introduction, and when people listen to it top to bottom, I want them to know me.

I'm in this wave with Maddie & Tae and RaeLynn and Mickey Guyton and Cam. We're all kind of finding our niches and becoming successful. I think that it's just been really fun to be with them and do this all together.

Even though there are incredible songs floating around Nashville, it's important for me to have my voice heard.

Honestly, I was a fan before I got the opportunity to be an artist. I was the kind of fan who would stand in line or post a cover video.