Top 45 Carly Pearce Quotes

Sometimes in the arenas it’s hard to really feel that human connection just because you are so removed and so much further away from the crowd.

I refuse to give up.

I think for me, I’ve learned how strong I am.

I loved all kinds of Bluegrass music. Sonya Isaacs was a big influence; she’s a Bluegrass Gospel singer, but she’s also done a lot in the Country world just from backup and songwriter and as an artist. Also, the Dixie Chicks were a big influence. Just all of those 90s and early 2000s Country voices.

I tend to wake up before my alarm, and I’m not one to ease into my morning with a snooze.

I actually grew up singing bluegrass gospel.

I think when you go through a lot of changes in every aspect of your life, you kind of realize that imperfections are kind of what make us all ourselves.

It’s my lifelong dream to be able to do what I’m doing. So it feels unbelievable to be even considered one of the women in country.

Life doesn’t always turn out the way we thought it would.

We all struggle.

When you’re 29 and divorced, that certainly doesn’t sound pretty.

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.

I think as I’ve gotten older I think it was a blessing that I didn’t get a record deal until my late 20s because I think it allowed me to really grow up as Carly not as Carly Pearce.

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 try to eat organically.

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 definitely want to be a country artist. I want to make it very clear that I want to stay in our genre. I dreamt of being a country artist, and I want to continue to be a purist for that.

I grew up loving that female ’90s country sound – which so much of that were those undeniable girl anthems.

As artists, we can’t do what we do without Country Radio.

I did six shows a day, five days a week at Dollywood which I think really did prepare me to outwork everybody and really understand what it means to put on a show every night and the expectations that go along with that.

I feel like I’m like a country music therapist.

I think it’s so easy for us to kind of just be robots and do day in and day out and not check in with ourselves, and not just kinda make sure we’re okay.

You can say you have faith, you can say you believe in God, but until you feel completely uncomfortable, not knowing where to turn, at your lowest – that is where you have to decide to trust that God’s timing is right and that He will show you why you’re going through this.

I’ve been so open about my story, and I think it can show any female that you can do it. I had every single stereotype against me.

A lot of executives simply told me that my sound was dated and wouldn’t work, kind of telling me essentially to go away, that my music would never work in that ‘bro-country’ world. It broke my heart at times, but I also believed strongly in the music.

My mom and I are really close, and I’m an only child.

I always find a way to get a workout in.

It’s crazy out on the road and you really have to take care of your body to make it through.

I’m just trying to make the best music that I can.

I genuinely have loved wine since I turned 21!

At the end of the day, I’ve known since I was a little girl that I’m wired to make music.

I have a problem. I love shoes, I love clothes, I love makeup.

I spent so many years acting as my own booking agent and manager, just to get out there and play shows. You have to show you really want it.

When you love somebody, you trust them.

You never really know when you’re going a hundred miles a minute what you’re doing to your body.

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

In the beginning, I wasn’t quite sure what ’29’ was. I just knew I needed to get some things off my chest.

Heartbreak has so many layers. So many layers that often feel like a rollercoaster ride.

Everyone knows my parents were crazy enough to let me quit high school so I could sing.

You live such a weird life while you’re out on the tour. You’re in a van or an airplane more than you are anything else.

When you are starting a career you have to have confidence.

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 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.

The Hot Tools Volumizer does wonders for my hair! I can use it at home or on the road, and it can be styled into the prettiest waves with ease.

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