Gabby Barrett : (9) " I was raised listening to so many wonderful females with great music. " - Gabby Barrett " 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 " 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 " I always wanted a girl growing up, as well as a boy, so to have a girl first is just really exciting. " - Gabby Barrett " My dad was into classic rock and R&B, which I originally started in. And then my mom did the country. " - Gabby Barrett " 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 " 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 " 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 " I love Marty Robbins, I love Glen Campbell, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline. " - Gabby Barrett