Carrie Underwood Tells Esquire "What I've Learned"

I've learned the most throughout my life from age twenty-two till now.

As you step off that stage, you're pretty much alone.

My cell phone is my best friend. It's my lifeline to the outside world.

There's no handbook.

People can take your words and make them into something awful and something you never meant it to be.

It's hard to find normal celebrities.

It's hard to find people who don't want something from you.

Atlanta? Tough town. It's hard to get people to show up for anything. What do people do there?

Americans don't need Carrie Underwood telling them who to vote for. They're smarter than that.

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