I remember my doctors examining my vocal cords and asking if I had an eating disorder, and I instantly said no. But then my mom, who was in the room with me, said my name in her 'mom voice,' and I just lost it. I didn't realize that she knew or that anyone knew.

Lauren Alaina

The first thing I do every day when I wake up is thank God for letting me make it through the night and giving me another day of life - just because sometimes I wake up, and I cannot believe I'm doing what I'm doing. I just thank Him. I don't know how I deserve it, but it's completely because of Him.

Lauren Alaina

Before I go to bed, I thank God for blessing me with all the things he blessed me with, and for my family to be safe.

Lauren Alaina

People are pretty because they're nice, and they care about other people, and they have a good heart. That's what makes you pretty, and I didn't know that at one point in my life.

Lauren Alaina

When you go through really hard times, you really figure out who you are, how you respond to things, and how things affect you.

Lauren Alaina

I don't like fake people.

Lauren Alaina

I grew up eating fried food. I thought that macaroni and cheese was a vegetable.

Lauren Alaina

I always put God first.

Lauren Alaina

I just want to inspire people to love other people and be accepting because I feel like there's so much going on in the world, and there's so many pressures, and there's so much negativity.

Lauren Alaina

I want to write with Taylor Swift!

Lauren Alaina

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

Lauren Alaina

It's so interesting how you can take a bad situation and make a great song out of it that somebody else can listen to and have a completely different perspective of the song and have their own meaning. That's what's great about it.

Lauren Alaina

I want to make people feel good about who they are regardless of who they are or where they come from or the color of their skin or what their family acts like or what they look like. I am all about acceptance of others and of yourself.

Lauren Alaina

Remember that it's okay to get help, and it doesn't make you weak.

Lauren Alaina

I'm a goofball, and I have this huge personality, and I used to try to hide that. I used to try to kind of dim my light.

Lauren Alaina

I had to learn correct portion control. I eat an egg-white omelet for breakfast, shrimp and veggies for lunch, and chicken with asparagus for dinner.

Lauren Alaina

I knew Scotty was going to win. At the beginning of the episode, I was like, 'Scotty, are you ready to win?'. I knew he was going to in my heart. I accepted it. I couldn't pick a more perfect person to get second place to. He's my best friend.

Lauren Alaina

Country music's really good about telling a story, so I want songs that tell good stories where people can say, 'That happened to me!'

Lauren Alaina

As a 15, 16-year-old girl, someone messaging you on Facebook and telling you you're fat is devastating. It's still devastating when someone says something horrible about me, but I love myself so much more as a person.

Lauren Alaina

I think my favorite artists are honest artists, and as a songwriter, that's what you have to do. You have to be willing to put yourself out there in a really vulnerable way.

Lauren Alaina

I don't have those superstitious ticks that people have to have something for the road. I like to have good food on the bus, my own pillow, and onesies. Onesies are a must.

Lauren Alaina