Kelsea Famous Quotes & Sayings
54 Kelsea Famous Sayings, Quotes and Quotation.
I wouldn't be an artist if I didn't have Shania Twain, Faith Hill, Taylor Swift to look up to.— Kelsea Ballerini
When I was 13, I started writing songs, and it fell into my lap all of a sudden. I wrote poems and journals, but that's when it switched for me to songwriting. That's when I wanted to do everything. It was like a fire all of a sudden. I started coming to Nashville and moved here when I was 15.— Kelsea Ballerini
I think that I've just kind of found my niche, if that makes sense. I still write the same, but I feel like I've found what separates me, and I always try to stay in that when I write. It took me a long time to discover that, so I try to be protective.— Kelsea Ballerini
I was writing country songs, but I wasn't listening to country yet. I grew up on a farm in East Tennessee, so my roots are country, you know? But I didn't know where those songs came from or where they fit.— Kelsea Ballerini
Good stitchery," Kelsea told him. "But it will scar anyway, won't it?"— Erika Johansen
The Fetch nodded. "I'm not God, nor am I the queen's surgeon." He gave her a mocking bow. "But it won't fester, and you can tell people that you took the wound in battle."
"Battle?"
"It was a battle getting all that armor off you, and I'll tell the world so."
Kelsea smiled, put down the mirror, and turned to him.
I also grew up on a farm in east Tennessee, so my roots are just naturally super southern, so I've always had that southern country lifestyle.— Kelsea Ballerini
The fun thing about song writing is that it's just creative. It can be whatever you want it to be. For me, I'm really protective of that. I'm not going to write something because I feel like it fits here or it fits there - I just want to write music that feels good to me, you know?— Kelsea Ballerini
When I went to my first CMA Fest, I wanted to be an artist, but I was such a fan girl - I still am - and the two people I waited in line to meet were Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum. Taylor, I haven't gotten to sit and talk with her as much as I hope I get to one day, but even with her just supporting me on her social media has been incredible.— Kelsea Ballerini
We had three cows and a goat. People from New York and L.A. are like, 'Oh my gosh, that's a farm!' But people in Tennessee are like, 'That's not a farm.' I've never milked a cow or anything like that.— Kelsea Ballerini
Stories moved Kelsea most, stories of things that never were, stories that transported her beyond the changeless world of the cottage.— Erika Johansen
The greatest gift I've been given is being naive, because I don't know what I can't do. And when you don't know what you can't do, you think you can do everything.— Kelsea Ballerini
Carlin always said that most men were dogs, and Kelsea had never taken her seriously; there were too many good books written by men.— Erika Johansen
Blake Lively is my style icon, and she always has rocking clothes and shoes. She keeps it really simple with hair and makeup, and I try to do the same thing. Onstage, I do a little smokier, a little more contouring, but I still always want to be an approachable and real artist, so I never try to go overboard.— Kelsea Ballerini
Do you always eat with so many of your Guard, Majesty?"— Erika Johansen
"Usually."
"Are security concerns so great?"
"Not at all. I prefer to eat with my Guard."
"Perhaps when you begin a family, that will change."
Kelsea narrowed her eyes as Milla began to ladle soup into her bowl. "My Guard are my family.
We're coming to the point where I may need to split my men to evade pursuit. If so, my choice of bodyguard for you will depend much on your won abilities."— Erika Johansen
"Well, I am a fast reader, and I know how to make stew."
Carroll nodded in approval "You've a sense of humor about all this, Lady. You'll need one. You're entering a life of great danger.
There's no other life for me. Anyway, clemency wouldn't begin to repay your debt. I've given you a greater gift than you know."— Erika Johansen
"What gift?"
"You'll find out. In return, I expect you to keep it safe."
Kelsea turned back to the mirror. "Great God, tell me you didn't impregnate me while I slept."
The fetch threw back his head and roared with laughter. He placed a friendly hand on Kelsea's back, making her skin prickle. "Tear Queen, you'll either be dead within a week or you'll be the most fearsome ruler this kingdom has ever known. I see no middle ground.
The future was only disasters of the past, waiting to happen anew.— Erika Johansen
Kelsea stared at it for a long moment, then turned to Pen.— Erika Johansen
"Go away."
"Lady - "
"What?"
Pen splayed his hands. "Things can't remain like this forever. We have to move past what happened."
"I have moved past it!"
"You haven't." Pen spoke quietly, but Kelsea heard the low hum of anger in his voice.
"It was a weak moment, and it won't repeat."
"I'm a Queen's Guard, Lady. You have to understand that."
"I understand that you're just like every other man in the world. Get out."
Pen's breath hissed through his teeth, and Kelsea was pleased to see real pain in his eyes for a moment before he retreated to his antechamber.
There's value in being a normal person.— Kelsea Ballerini
Children conceived by this woman would only be cannibalized by her womb.— Erika Johansen
I have a picture of me with Lady Antebellum, when they released their first single and I was at CMA Fest as a fan. I'm in flower-power shorts and a headband - so not cute - and I'm fan-girling next to Hillary. I couldn't believe I was standing next to her.— Kelsea Ballerini
Depression has been likened to both a black cloud and a black dog. For someone like Kelsea, the black cloud is the right metaphor. She is surrounded by it, immersed within it, and there is no obvious way out. What she needs to do is try to contain it, get it into the form of the black dog. It will still follow her around wherever she goes; it will always be there. But at least it will be separate, and will follow her lead.— David Levithan
I am such a girly girl, and I love not playing it safe. I'm so new to this world, so it's fun to establish myself as a fashionista.— Kelsea Ballerini
I feel like I'm still discovering my stage style, but I love - well, I'm not a huge color person onstage, but I am in real life.— Kelsea Ballerini
I get to remind myself and other people to be yourself, to rock you who you are, and don't worry about if it fits.— Kelsea Ballerini
Beware the past, Kelsea. Be a steward.— Erika Johansen
Weakness, all the more dangerous for being combined with a sense of entitlement— Erika Johansen
But even Carlin's words had no weight when fury washed over Kelsea; it was a tide that cleared all obstacles.— Erika Johansen
Kelsea saw now that there was something far worse than being ugly: being ugly and thinking you were beautiful.— Erika Johansen
Kelsea didn't recognize the guard, but she knew his voice. After a moment she realized, bemused, that it was Dyer. He'd shaved his red beard.— Erika Johansen
"Dyer, is that your face under there?"
Dyer flushed bright red. Pen snorted gleefully, and Kibb clapped Dyer on the back. "I told him, Lady...now we can see every time he blushes.
My theory is the root of a country artist is truth and honesty. For me, I look at Sam Hunt. The truth and the honest thing is we have southern roots, we were raised in a southern way, but we listen to Drake and other stuff, too.— Kelsea Ballerini
The King of Cadare cannot have an alliance on an equal footing with a woman. Marriage ensures that Your Majesty is seen to submit her will to my master in all things."— Erika Johansen
Mace moved in sharply, blocking off Kelsea's right side. She blinked in surprise, for she had sensed no threat from the ambassador or his guards. It took a few moments for her to see it: Mace had actually moved to protect the ambassador. Some of Kelsea's anger ebbed away then; she smiled at Mace, and felt a rush of affection when he smiled back.
There's a YouTube video of these two kittens that just fall over and pass out. My blood sugar's crazy, so I would pass out sometimes, like the fainting kittens.— Kelsea Ballerini
I started writing songs by myself. That always came from whatever I was feeling and being honest about that because I never had any intention of anyone ever hearing them.— Kelsea Ballerini
I was raised on a farm in East Tennessee, and my first concert was Britney Spears. It's my job as a country music artist to be honest about that.— Kelsea Ballerini
For a long time, because I'm pretty tall, I was scared to wear heels, but now I wear them all the time. I feel like I'm still discovering my stage style, but I love - well, I'm not a huge color person onstage, but I am in real life. I like short stuff, big heels, fringe, lots of fringe, sometimes sparkle, yeah!— Kelsea Ballerini
Pen will no longer be your close guard, Lady," Mace said flatly.— Erika Johansen
"What?"
"Starting tonight, Elston will take over Pen's duties."
Kelsea turned to stare at Pen, who in turn stared at the floor."
"What's happened?" she demanded.
"I'll give you two a few minutes, but only a few," Mace replied, speaking to Pen. "After that, you will not be alone together again."
Pen nodded, but Kelsea turned on Mace.
"You don't make changes to my Guard behind my back, Lazarus! I didn't ask for a new close guard. This isn't your decision."
"No, Lady," Pen said. "It's mine.
Before I really knew country music, I listened to pop, and I still do.— Kelsea Ballerini
Everyone dies eventually. I think it's better to die clean.— Erika Johansen
And Kelsea wondered suddenly whether humanity ever actually changed. Did people grow and learn at all as the centuries past? Or was humanity merely like the tide, enlightenment advancing and then retreating as circumstances shifted? The most defining characteristic of the species might be lapse.— Erika Johansen
Shit," she muttered. She'd heard the word from her guard many times, but only now did she understand the real use of profanity. That one word said exactly what she was feeling, said it better than a hundred other words could have done.— Erika Johansen
I danced for 10 years. I was on a competitive hip-hop team, but then I, like, grew seven inches in one year - not really, but I grew tall and really lanky, and I lost all my coordination.— Kelsea Ballerini
What does the Red Queen want, then?" Kelsea had asked Carlin. She had no interest in maps and wanted to wrap up the lesson.— Erika Johansen
"What conquerors always want, Kelsea: everything, with no end in sight.
My favorite advice that I always go to is ever since I was in middle school is from my mom. Every day before I left the house, she would say "Remember who you are." Every day. So when I started getting into music, every day she sends me a text saying, "Remember who you are and remember why you're doing this."— Kelsea Ballerini
I always thought it was a goat that kicked me over the fence. My mama told me the other day it was a cow. Now I'm sort of scared of both.— Kelsea Ballerini
Being a songwriter is really the base of being an artist, for me.— Kelsea Ballerini
I'm so weird and quirky, and painfully awkward sometimes.— Kelsea Ballerini
I am a fan before I am an artist. I was that twelve year old girl that looked up to Taylor Swift. I get what that role is as a fan. I think that because I know that, I'm really careful and intentional about what I say and what I put out. I want to be that role for anyone who wants me to be that.— Kelsea Ballerini
I was this little blond girl with a guitar case bigger than me - it was pink and sparkly at the time. But I always took myself seriously, and I think that people took that seriously. I would tell them about my goal list, and they listened. I was like, 'I want to be the one that swings the pendulum.'— Kelsea Ballerini
I grew up loving music, like, loving it. I was involved in church choir, leading worship and all the choirs in my school - even glee club.— Kelsea Ballerini
Not just a thief, but a murderer as well. Beneath the handsome man, Kelsea sensed another man, a terrible one, with a life as black as the water in an ice-covered lake. A murderer many, many times.— Erika Johansen
The idea should have brought horror. Kelsea waited for a long moment, bu what came instead was an even worse realization: it didn't matter at all.
As a fan, I connect with realness. Whether it's strong or vulnerable, if it's real, I can connect with it.— Kelsea Ballerini
I need my own armor, and soon. A silly queen I'll look when I've been slowly flattened into a man."— Erika Johansen
Mace grinned. "You wouldn't be the first queen of this kingdom to be mistaken for a king.
My favorite songwriting trick is writing something like 'XO.' In my brain, I thought, 'This is probably going to be a love song. How can I change that and find ways to twist that.' As a songwriter, it's your job for the song to take twists and turns that people don't expect.— Kelsea Ballerini
