Sara Bareilles Quotes
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The most powerful place you can come from is just having a really deep knowing of who you are and what you want for yourself.
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I would like to look back on my body of work and be proud of each record in its own right, but as a whole, I want to continue to grow and move forward.
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Late night writing is also good, too, but in New York, you've got neighbors. I try to be a good neighbor.
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I used to sing songs from musicals all the time as a kid.
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I think I have some anger-management issues, and they end up coming out in these passive-aggressive songs that sound happy.
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All my life I've tried to make everybody happy while I just hurt and hide, waiting for someone to tell me it's my turn to decide.
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There's really no "bad" people; there's just humans who are doing the best they can to figure life out. It's hard! We can all relate to that.
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My proudest moment of my career was opening night in Cambridge and watching the cast take their curtain call. No one was looking at me, and I was floating off the ground. It was just euphoric.
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I'm grateful to have the chance to be inspired by the incredible artists that are out there.
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The music industry can feel wonderful, but it can also feel very cold.
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I love the morning time - a cup of coffee and to sit at the piano, that's probably my favorite time.
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I love the morning time. There's something about having the day in front of you.
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I never played coffee shops; I just played a lot of coffee shop-sized venues. I took every venue I could get my hands on.
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If I get frustrated, the first thing I'll do is get up from the piano - completely mindlessly - and walk over to the cupboard and pull out something salty to eat.
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Nobody ever thinks a song is about them. Well, not when it's mean. When it's a good song everybody thinks it's about them. And when it's mean, nobody thinks it's about them.
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I'm starting to believe in the power of a name. Because it can't be a mistake if I just call it 'change.'
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I feel like I'm on the precipice - just seeing a better version of me coming out.
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I know that I'm very susceptible to getting caught up in storylines like, "I want him to be different. I want him to be more open. I want him to call." We have all of these storylines that kind of take over sometimes, and I think there's real grace and a peaceful heart at the center of just accepting what is, and knowing that everything's OK. The good, the bad, the ugly, the pain, the hurt, the frustration - all of that is valuable and part of this human experience, so we should lean in to all of it.
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I think we're at a really rich and fertile time in the zeitgeist about paying attention to diversity of all kinds - racial diversity, gender diversity, making room for a continuum that is more inclusive.
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The earliest issue I can remember going through was body image issues. I was a chubby little kid and I got made fun of for it. I dealt with horrible, horrible self esteem issues, and I still struggle with that. I think it's what taught me a lot of empathy and compassion, though, but there are those days where I look in the mirror and I still see twelve year old fat Sara.
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I was a fat girl growing up and had to change schools because kids were so mean.
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I'm somebody who grew up listening to a lot of musical theater, so getting to finally write musical theater songs and songs that sound that way - the emphasis being on the storytelling, but the arrangements and the orchestrations can be really varied - I found that to be, actually, a really joyful discovery.
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I definitely get a little antsy when I haven't had a good fix!
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My dance move has seemingly turned into push-ups. Sometimes, especially if I've indulged a little bit in an evening, it's not out of the ordinary to find me, for some reason, doing push-ups. That seems to be my go-to dance move.
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Music is catharsis for me.
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No one is anything but a shade of grey. It's good people making bad choices.
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You can be the outcast or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love. Or you can start speaking up.
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I'm of the ilk of writers that feels you have to be open to the inspiration.
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I do a lot of reading on Buddhist philosophy, and a Buddhist nun named Pema Chödrön talks a lot about acceptance. It's one of the main tenets of Buddhism - accepting that what is, is. The root of our suffering is when we just don't want to accept a truth. We want something to be different than it is.
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I can very much relate to waking up inside of your life and saying to yourself, "How did I get here?"
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