“I, in middle school, started really, really liking country music becau...” — Jessica Rothe Quote

“I, in middle school, started really, really liking country music because it tells a story. It's really dramatic; I'm really dramatic. There's a lot of emotion. It was like, 'This is a perfect fit,' and I was teased mercilessly for it.”

“I love power ballads and the earnest lack of irony and emotion that exists in '80s music, along with synth guitars, of course.”

“Many times, people who are self-involved or bullies, it stems from a place of hurt and insecurity within oneself.”

“What I always liked about country music was the stories, the ability to talk about very real things like divorce and drinking and death and jail.”

“I told all my punk friends, 'If I'm gonna do country music, I'm gonna milk it.'”

“In New York, my dad raised me to listen to everything like hip-hop, rock and country music. When I moved to Dallas, I started listening to whatever I wanted to listen to.”