She also acknowledges that in the touring and music industry, "there aren’t many people who abide by those same (LDS) standards" that she tries to uphold. She's learned the importance of being "nonnegotiable."
"I’ve had to realize that I can’t make exceptions," she said. "… When I was in high school and college and I was traveling on a rare occasion on Sunday, I wouldn’t worry about going to church. But since that has become my life, that I’m always traveling and I’m always in strange places, I have to make it to church. It’s never convenient, like a lot of times I’m lost in random cities in Brazil, like last week, trying to find a church. I realize that is essential, and I start to lose sight of myself when I start to lose that."
Stirling said she and her crew "have created a very wholesome and healthy lifestyle that is nonnegotiable.
"If someone’s not OK with that, that person is probably not going to work out," she said. "Making standards is something everyone has to do, whether you are working an office job or you’re on tour all the time. It’s basically the same principle, even when nobody else is living it."
The high-profile Latter-day Saint performer recently received some online criticism for her wardrobe choice at the most recent Billboard Music Awards, with some debating whether the dress was modest or not. She responded on Instagram, saying "modesty is important to me."
"I make mistakes, and I am definitely not perfect, but I really am trying my best," she wrote.
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