Gabby Barrett

“When I was about 11 years old, I wrote a song with my dad. Then in high school I started more writing.”

“Of course, growing up, you listen to your favorite people on the radio and you want to have an album of your own and you want to have number one songs that people know and can sing back to you when you have shows.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“There's a lot to learn in Nashville. This town is just filled with amazing, talented, smart people, so it's been an honor to be part of that community and to have everyone open their arms wide to me.”

“Country is and always will be my heart, but I don't have a problem with it spilling over into pop if it wants to.”

“I try everyday to give it my 110%.”

“I love Marty Robbins, I love Glen Campbell, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline.”

“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.”

“Being on the Hot 100 is absolutely amazing.”

“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.”

“Nashville's been like my second home.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“So, Shane & Shane are my favorite Christian artists out there.”

“I was doing my own shows when I was 11 years old.”

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

“I can sing as low as Toni Braxton and as high as Mariah Carey.”