Lauren Alaina

“My mom married a family friend, and my dad married someone that's eight years older than me, so it was just like, these - like, I literally live a country song, so I had to write one.”

“My dad didn't know that I had an eating disorder. He had no idea, so that was weird. I was in an interview and just said it accidentally. I called my dad because I remember thinking, 'My dad does not know that,' and he was surprised. I think he understood, though.”

“A lot of my fans are young women that are my age. We're all going through the same problems at the same time, so I just tried to be really honest with that.”

“I just desperately wanted to be thin. That's all I thought. I was obsessed with it, which it was ridiculous because I had everything going for me. I was following my dream. Everything I wanted at the time, I was getting. But I was obsessed with this other thing that was making me unhappy.”

“People always ask me who my role models are and who I want to be like, and I don't wanna be like anybody; I wanna be me. I look up to a lot of people, and they have had great influences on me, but I wanna be original and different.”

“I got really tired of fighting who I am, and I did that for a really long time; I was trying to be this perfect girl, perfect family, perfect body, and those people aren't real.”

“I live country songs every single day of my life, so thank goodness I decided that was my passion!”

“I remember my doctors examining my vocal cords and asking if I had an eating disorder, and I instantly said no. But then my mom, who was in the room with me, said my name in her 'mom voice,' and I just lost it. I didn't realize that she knew or that anyone knew.”

“I don't like fake people.”

“For whatever reason, people just like to come out and say whatever they want to say about you when you're on TV.”

“I'm still learning to love myself.”

“He might be my boyfriend. He might not be my boyfriend.”

“I don't want to be the young girl that people say, 'Man, that Lauren Alaina girl, she's got a lot of talent, but she's lost her mind.' I don't ever want that to be me - ever.”

“I don't have those superstitious ticks that people have to have something for the road. I like to have good food on the bus, my own pillow, and onesies. Onesies are a must.”

“My mom quit her whole life and came to live with me in California.”

“My parents got divorced, and they both remarried other people.”

“I grew up eating fried food. I thought that macaroni and cheese was a vegetable.”

“My mom would walk through a fire pit for me, and I'd do the same for her.”

“I try to remind myself of the things that I like about myself that make me who I am.”

“It's so interesting how you can take a bad situation and make a great song out of it that somebody else can listen to and have a completely different perspective of the song and have their own meaning. That's what's great about it.”