It was actually really hard to get a record deal after 'American Idol.' — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
I would say when I was 9 or 10 I started doing gospel choir, and I was with them for about two years. — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
When I was about 11 years old, I wrote a song with my dad. Then in high school I started more writing. — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think it's really cool when any of your songs play on the radio for the first time. — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
I Hope' is the fourth song that I'd ever written in Nashville. I didn't know that it was as special as it… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
My dad was into classic rock and R&B, which I originally started in. And then my mom did the country. — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
I was raised listening to so many wonderful females with great music. — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
I like to be on most of my songs. I think being on your songs makes it all the more special in… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
I am so unbelievably excited to share 'I Hope' with the world. After my 'Idol' chapter closed, I knew this song was… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
I think being married and in love and all of that changed how I write songs and what I want to sing… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
The first time I ever had a song play on a legit radio station, I think I was about 13. It was… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
I'm not somebody who can tell if the song is good enough to be pushed until I hear what it sounds like… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
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… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
I think you get a lot of influence from what your parents play around you. So I always loved country, R&B and… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share
There were so many emotions on 'Idol' with nervousness and pressure, but in good ways. — Gabby Barrett Copy Share
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… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share
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… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share
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… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share
Of course, growing up, you listen to your favorite people on the radio and you want to have an album of your own and… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share
All of the genres are just blending now, which I think is another super-cool thing. — Gabby Barrett Copy Share
