Cassadee Pope

“I'm not trying to claim I'm a country singer, but I do love country music.”

“I do care about what people think about me sometimes, and sometimes it affects me in a negative way.”

“When I was around 13 years old, I started playing in bands and became obsessed with Blink-182 and Newfound Glory. I didn't pay attention to country music anymore; I wanted to do more pop rock stuff.”

“I think you can only prepare yourself as much as you can, but no matter what, there will be curve balls. I had no idea I'd be taking a flight, landing, and heading straight to a radio station. I thought I might have time to curl my hair, have something to eat. No! You go right into things.”

“I've learned to really just trust my gut and to go with what I really feel inside.”

“Empowering girls is extremely important to me because, growing up, I needed those empowering women to show me the way. When my parents divorced when I was 11, my mom was a force to be reckoned with. She showed me how to be self-sufficient and independent.”

“I had always dreamed of starting off in pop radio and crossing into country. I used to sing country; that was my genre when I was a kid.”

“I really love my True Match concealer: it is great if you just want to cover some spots, and you don't have to cover your whole face. I don't really like wearing a face full of makeup all the time; I just like covering up the spots that I am a little self-conscious about.”

“You have to be really, really confident in your decision to marry somebody. I don't think my parents were stupid, but I do think maybe it was rushed. But if they hadn't gotten married, my sister and I wouldn't be here. I think everything happens for a reason. I've always believed that.”

“It doesn't bother me that people think that Blake Shelton made me go country, because I can understand it. My immediate past is pop-rock, and people don't know a ton about me as a kid - yet. They will soon.”

“I'm not the best at expressing my feelings other than in songs or on paper.”

“I grew up singing a lot of Martina McBride, Shania and LeAnn Rimes, and because of my age, those were my main influences.”

“I would never say I think divorce is wrong. After seeing what my parents went through, I would never want them to stay together just because they think it's the right thing to do.”

“It's something that I've always done. I started singing when I was four years old; that was the first time I took a voice lesson. I would say, maybe from five years on, I sang on stages constantly. That's what I call my natural habitat: It's a place where I feel most like myself and the most confident, the most excited.”

“I have never wanted to hide my freckles. I just didn't like the way I looked without them; it didn't look like me.”

“I'm just going to sing my music; I'm going to write my songs, and I think that people get to know me in that sense.”

“I didn't go onto 'The Voice' thinking I was going to go country. I went into it with an open mind and thought whatever happens, happens.”

“I want to sell music, and I want radio to play my songs.”

“I love 'Ocean Avenue' by Yellowcard. That's always been one of my favorites.”

“You have to be really, really confident in your decision to marry somebody. I don't think my parents were stupid, but I do think maybe it was rushed. But if they hadn't gotten married, my sister and I wouldn't be here. I think everything happens for a reason.”