Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

No matter what decision I make, I want people to know that there's a reason I made it, and it's because it was something I felt like needed to happen. I don't want people to think that I've just gone crazy.

Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

I really, really look up to Carrie Underwood a lot because she came from a small town that has the same population as mine - 3,500 people.

Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

As a little girl, I remember always wanting my grandmother to make blackberry cobbler for me. I'm obsessed with it.

Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

I have insecurity problems like every teenage girl, but you have to work through them.

Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

I think everyone needs to mind their own business.

Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

It is a horrible feeling to have people bashing you online.

Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

When I started working all the time, I started eating the right food that will help me have my energy up and stay healthy.

Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

I don't think I'm being forced to grow up too fast; I would rather people treat me like an adult.

Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

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.

Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

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

Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

There's just as much positivity as there is negativity, but for some reason, people focus on the negative things. And I used to be that person, but I'm not that person anymore.

Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

I don't take myself too seriously, or I at least try not to, and I want to encourage other people to live that way because it's a much better way to go about your life.

Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

I got to express myself in a whole new way as a different person on camera, in a different way as an actress, and I loved it.

Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

I write about what's on my mind. It's like a stress reliever.

Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

I didn't realize when I first started writing how much it would set me free from certain situations in my life. It's incredible.

Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

I had bulimia for a few years. I was really sick. I don't know that person; I can't believe that was me.

Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

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

Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

It's all about, no matter where you come from, that you can be who you want to be and achieve what you want to achieve. I want people to learn to love who they are. Because that's the hardest thing in life, being able to see yourself the way other people see you.

Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

I wrote 'Road Less Traveled' to make myself feel better and process what I was going through.

Lauren Alaina
Lauren Alaina

I really feel like I found myself, and when I found myself, I found the music along with it.