Quotes by Gabby Barrett - Page 2

My dad has sacrificed so much for me and my family, so for me to be getting the star treatment is insane.
Gabby Barrett /
Insane
Treatment
Family Dad Me
Sacrificed
Copy Quote
Each child you have, you love them, but it's a different feeling. That's how it is with songs on the radio.
Gabby Barrett /
Radio
Copy Quote
I naturally gravitated first to R&B and pop: Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle.
Gabby Barrett /
Franklin
Houston
Whitney
Naturally
Aretha
Michael
Jackson
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Fourth
Nashville
Special
Copy Quote
Being a female, I know what it's like to go through a bad break up and not get to say what you really want to.
Gabby Barrett /
Break
Female
Copy Quote
I wasn't in any super duper serious relationships growing up, but yeah, I know what that heartbreak feels like.
Gabby Barrett /
Heartbreak
Feels
Growing Up
Serious
Yeah
Relationships
Super
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Spilling
Copy Quote
I think you get a lot of influence from what your parents play around you. So I always loved country, R&B and rock.
Gabby Barrett /
Influence
Copy Quote
I am very close with the whole cast; the Top 5 of us from 'Idol' are still super close, especially Cade and me. Wink wink.
Gabby Barrett /
Cast
Idol
Super
Wink
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Carrie
Compare
Compliment
Absolutely
Copy Quote
I wasn't born with nerves. You have to take yourself out of the equation and think about everyone else - you're the entertainer.
Gabby Barrett /
Nerves
Equation
Everyone Else
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Singing
Stage
Liked
People Happy Know
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Thankful
American Idol
Crew
Finals
Forever
Be Thankful
Idol
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Shopping
Trust Me
Just Something
Mall
Copy Quote
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.'
Gabby Barrett /
Ask
Good Great Always
Good Great Me
Oh
Saying
Copy Quote
I completely understand why labels would be a little bit hesitant to sign somebody coming off of a television show, in their first glance.
Gabby Barrett /
Hesitant
Labels
Little Bit
Television
Bit
Coming
Glance
Sign
Television Show
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Married
Type
Copy Quote
Country radio has been extremely good to me, which I am extremely grateful for and and means a bunch. But there is room for many other people.
Gabby Barrett /
Bunch
Grateful
Radio
Good I Am Me
Good Me I Am
Extremely
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
American Idol
Challenges
Different Ways
Forever
Face
Face Challenges Me
Grow
Career
Few
Helped
Idol
Ways
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Singers
Belt
Medium
Powerhouse
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Add
Capable
Heard
Notes
Nobody
Country Music
Music Country Doing
Mariah Carey
Copy Quote
I'm getting to put my music out into the world the way that I envisioned and hoped it would be when I was little, and that is a total dream come true.
Gabby Barrett /
Music World True
Music World Way
Envisioned
Hoped
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Bells
Bells And Whistles
Good Song Enough
Sounds
Copy Quote
The first time I ever had a song play on a legit radio station, I think I was about 13. It was a song of mine that I had written called 'Young Blood.'
Gabby Barrett /
Blood
First Time
Radio
Time Song First Time
Mine
Radio Station
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Share
Chapter
Closed
Frame
Idol
Unbelievably
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Quiet
Walks
Conversations
Hi
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Tails
Brought
Entertain
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Perform
Entertain
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Marriage
Married
Reason
Stereotype
Young
Oh
Get Married
Opinions
Yes
Copy Quote
The Lord always comes first in our lives, and then everything else comes second. And so with my music and with my platform, I have places to talk about the Lord and His goodness.
Gabby Barrett /
Goodness
Lord
Our Lives
Music Always Everything
Everything Else
Platform
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Fortunate
Singing
Age Voice Singing
Early Age
Root
Transform
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Arms
Filled
Honor
Nashville
Smart
Smart People
Wide
Talented
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Radio
Your People Know
Album
Favorite People
People Your Back
Sing
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Dirt
Special
Your Me Way
Dug
Releasing
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Glorify
Lord
End Of The Day
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Energy
Hype
Interaction
Energy People Feel
Always Live People
Full
Favorites
Performance
Overall
Copy Quote
I've always loved R&B. That love seemed to start in church. But then I saw Carrie Underwood on American Idol, and I fell in love with country. Heck, I loved the hair bands of the '80s too, so I have always loved country and rock 'n' roll.
Gabby Barrett /
American Idol
Carrie
Church
Heck
Idol
Seemed
Copy Quote
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.'
Gabby Barrett /
Complete
Flop
Room
Copy Quote
When I got into the Nashville scene, with the Ross Coppermans and Zach Kales and Jon Nites and Nicolle Galyons, all these people who have No. 1 hits with huge celebrities, they were able to show me creative ways and right ways of formulating songs.
Gabby Barrett /
Creative
Huge
Nashville
Scene
Me People Right
Jon
Celebrities
Creative Ways
Hits
Copy Quote
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.'
Gabby Barrett /
Zero
Creating
Jumping
Work Good Me
Gravitate
Nose
Paying
Toward
Copy Quote
A few people have asked me about the women agenda on country radio. I can only speak for myself on this, and all I have to say is that I'm very grateful, and thankful, that country radio has been so automatically accepting, and supportive, of me and my music.
Gabby Barrett /
Music
Thankful
Women
Country
Grateful
Radio
Speak
Supportive
Women Music Myself
Asked
Automatically
Few
Few People
Copy Quote
I think 'Idol' has been such a wonderful platform for me to step onto, and be a part of, and they've always treated me very kindly, and have been very supportive of my music and myself. I will always keep that as a highlight in my career for the rest of my life.
Gabby Barrett /
Supportive
Life Music Myself
Highlight
Idol
Onto
Platform
Step
Copy Quote
From 11 to 17, I just toured my butt off with my dad and my sister. We hit the road and I was singing all kinds of different songs and different types of genres. But I knew from an early age what I wanted my sound to be, which was country on bass, and I wanted to be a country artist.
Gabby Barrett /
Sister
Age
Dad
Artist
Country
Different
Singing
Sound
Wanted
Hit
Butt
Different Types
Early
Early Age
Genres
Off
Toured
Types
Copy Quote
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.
Gabby Barrett /
Cute
Dad
Addiction
Blanket
Eighth Grade
Mom And Dad
Security
Mom Your Me
Mom Dad Your
Cause
Eighth
Dad Mom Me
Grade
Guess
Off
Sucked
Thumb
Copy Quote
I would definitely say I'm a country girl at heart; I wanted to make sure that I established my music first at Country just because that is the artist that I am. But it wanted to spill over into pop too, which I don't have a problem with at all and I think is awesome because it spreads it to a broader audience of people.
Gabby Barrett /
Awesome
Music Heart I Am
Established
Broader
Spill
Spreads
Copy Quote

Related Authors

Plato
Philosopher
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Dr. Seuss
Writer
Wednesday, Mar 02, 1904
Tuesday, Sep 24, 1991
Martin Luther
Monk
Saturday, Nov 10, 1483
Monday, Feb 18, 1546
Mae West
Actress
Thursday, Aug 17, 1893
Saturday, Nov 22, 1980
Vincent Van Gogh
Painter
Wednesday, Mar 30, 1853
Tuesday, Jul 29, 1890
Albert Camus
Author
Friday, Nov 07, 1913
Monday, Jan 04, 1960
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil Rights Activist
Tuesday, Jan 15, 1929
Thursday, Apr 04, 1968
Jean De La Bruyere
Wednesday, Aug 16, 1645
Thursday, May 10, 1696
Thomas Sowell
Economist
Monday, Jun 30, 1930
Chanakya
Teacher
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Thomas Jefferson
3Rd US President
Saturday, Apr 13, 1743
Tuesday, Jul 04, 1826
Heraclitus
Philosopher
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34Th U.s. President
Tuesday, Oct 14, 1890
Friday, Mar 28, 1969
Ronald Reagan
40Th US President
Monday, Feb 06, 1911
Saturday, Jun 05, 2004
Walt Disney
Animator
Thursday, Dec 05, 1901
Thursday, Dec 15, 1966

View All Quotes

Top Authors

Kobe Bryant
Basketball Player
Wednesday, Aug 23, 1978
Billy Graham
Professional Wrestler
Monday, Jun 07, 1943
Nelson Mandela
Former President Of South Africa
Thursday, Jul 18, 1918
Thursday, Dec 05, 2013
Paulo Coelho
Lyricist
Sunday, Aug 24, 1947
Lucy Larcom
Poet
Friday, Mar 05, 1824
Monday, Apr 17, 1893
Thomas Sowell
Economist
Monday, Jun 30, 1930
Kanye West
Songwriter
Wednesday, Jun 08, 1977
Thursday, Jun 04, 2015
Plato
Philosopher
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Walt Whitman
Poet
Monday, May 31, 1819
Saturday, Mar 26, 1892
Ronald Reagan
40Th US President
Monday, Feb 06, 1911
Saturday, Jun 05, 2004
Kim Kardashian
Television Personality
Tuesday, Oct 21, 1980
John Locke
Philosopher
Sunday, Aug 29, 1632
Tuesday, Oct 28, 1704
Edgar Allan Poe
Author
Thursday, Jan 19, 1809
Sunday, Oct 07, 1849
Soren Kierkegaard
Philosopher
Wednesday, May 05, 1813
Sunday, Nov 11, 1855
William Blake
Poet
Monday, Nov 28, 1757
Sunday, Aug 12, 1827

View All Authors

Gabby Barrett Quotes - Page 2

App & Tools

Related Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page

Stay Connected

App & Tools

Related Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page