Top 70 Gabby Barrett Quotes

My dad was into classic rock and R&B, which I originally started in. And then my mom did the country.

Country radio has been so supportive.

I’ve always tried from a very young age to be positive.

There were so many emotions on ‘Idol’ with nervousness and pressure, but in good ways.

High school relationships will mess you up.

My fans have been amazing.

When people ask me about Cade, how he’s doing or how we’re doing, I always end up saying, ‘Oh he’s great, he’s a keeper, he’s a good one.’

I feel like I am a true entertainer and performer.

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.

Oh, I’m very grateful for ‘American Idol’ and I always will be.

I always wanted a girl growing up, as well as a boy, so to have a girl first is just really exciting.

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.

Everyone’s love story is going to be unique.

I’m not somebody who can tell if the song is good enough to be pushed until I hear what it sounds like after all the bells and whistles are put on it.

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.

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

I think you get a lot of influence from what your parents play around you. So I always loved country, R&B and rock.

There are other artists out there, in which some like to write and others like to perform and others like to talk, but I really just love to perform and entertain.

I try everyday to give it my 110%.

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.

Be in Nashville if you want to be in country music, because everybody that can help you is here.

If you’re going to compare me to somebody and it’s going to be Carrie Underwood, I will absolutely take that as a compliment.

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.

We just love spending time with family.

Being on the Hot 100 is absolutely amazing.

If I had to define my style, I’d say edgy sleek.

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

I wasn’t in any super duper serious relationships growing up, but yeah, I know what that heartbreak feels like.

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.

Pinterest is awesome. You can get so many wonderful ideas.

There were a lot of challenges I had to face on ‘American Idol’ that helped me grow in a few different ways that I’ll take forever with my career.

To be given a chance to be in the finals was a dream come true, and I will forever be thankful to the whole ‘American Idol’ crew.

I think ‘American Idol’ has prepared me for anything.

Oh my God, Luke Bryan is so handsome in person.

I’m very fortunate that R&B was where I first kind of learned my root in singing. I was able to do more with my voice and find it at an early age and then transform that into country as well.

I would say when I was 9 or 10 I started doing gospel choir, and I was with them for about two years.

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

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

I just think falling in love and being married completely changes your life in so many ways.

Something a lot of people don’t know about me is I sucked my thumb until I was in like eighth grade. It’s cause, when I was a baby, I sucked my thumb and I guess my mom and dad never weaned me off of that, because they thought it was cute. And then it’s like an addiction. That’s your security blanket.

I know it’s cliche, but after the first show, I knew I liked singing, being on stage, making people happy. It just felt natural.

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

From a very young age, my main thing was always entertaining.

I’m so grateful to the Lord.

All of the genres are just blending now, which I think is another super-cool thing.

Each child you have, you love them, but it’s a different feeling. That’s how it is with songs on the radio.

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 think being married and in love and all of that changed how I write songs and what I want to sing about and the type of songs that I like.

I value the Lord more than I value my career, because at the end of the day, when we die, we face him. We’re going to wish that we did more on this earth for him. And so I want to make sure that I’m doing everything to glorify him.

There is nothing like hearing people sing your single back to you during a show.

It was actually really hard to get a record deal after ‘American Idol.’

I think it’s really cool when any of your songs play on the radio for the first time.

I always wanted to be somebody that kind of stuck out on the stage.

I wanted to put in the time and the work, because eventually it pays off in a good way.

I love romance and talking about love, and I think it’s one of the greatest things you can talk about.

Not every single person is bad, not all guys are bad, and I found my good one.

That’s how I want to be with stuff: I always want to be in country music, first and foremost, forever.

I am so unbelievably excited to share ‘I Hope’ with the world. After my ‘Idol’ chapter closed, I knew this song was the one I wanted to frame myself with.

I’m actually pretty boring, to be honest.

From a young age, I was never into going out and partying.

I’m not the kind of person who walks in a room and is just like, ‘Hi everybody!’ I’m more somebody who is quiet and who isn’t good at starting conversations.

So many people have been so supportive of my music, my music videos, everything all around.

The judges have been so supportive and amazing even after ‘Idol.’

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.

I really respected women that could sing their tails off and entertain really well, so I wanted to get that across before I brought any of my own music into it.

Sometimes you don’t really know what you’re going to write about. I mean, there’s times where you get into a writing room and it’s a complete flop. And then there’s times where you get to a writing room and you’re like, ‘Oh, I’m just on a roll.’

Labels and people didn’t know if i could write original music or anything.

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.

I was a terrible writer at first.

Actually, zero labels were jumping toward me, and I couldn’t get to anybody. Nobody was paying any attention. And I was like, ‘OK, I’m going to put my nose to the ground and really work on writing and creating some good songs that people could gravitate to.’