Sara Bareilles Quotes
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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 have a tendency to become very self-critical.
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I have spent my whole career worrying that the big bad pop monster was going to eat me when I wasn't looking.
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I'm a traditional singer-songwriter. I have a more organic sound.
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You said Remember that life is Not meant to be wasted We can always be chasing the sun So fill up your lungs and just-run! We can always be chasing the sun
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The greatest thing we can do is to give each other a safe space to truly, truly be ourselves in the world.
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I love the sound and temperament of an upright piano.
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So how do you do it? With just words and just music Capture the feeling That my earth is somebody's ceiling Can I deliver in sound The weight of the ground of a cemetery in the center of Queens
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I think there's so much honor and integrity and beauty in being able to be who you are.
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I'm a social person, and I'm used to working as a band member. I like that. I like being a part of a family onstage and on the road.
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I wasn't Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson. I wasn't Tori Amos or Norah Jones. Nobody knew what to do with me.
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I'm never gonna be somebody who's gonna fall down from the sky on a trapeze. That's not me. I really want to make sure that my focus stays on connecting with the audience.
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My life is so different because of 'Waitress.' The people that I'm close to, the things I do professionally, my colleagues, my best friend and my boyfriend - like, all of these things have come to me because of the show. And it's really beautiful.
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One of the great things I learned from how cooperative theater is, you can't be too precious about your ideas.
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It can't be a mistake If I just call it change
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Stepping back into theatre, a childhood dream, I always felt like I would be onstage. I hadn't imagined myself in a composer role... I find it so satisfying to be behind the scenes and writing the music and watching it elevated and characterized by different voices than my own. It's so exciting.
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I want to do good work in the world.
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I would never intentionally want to hurt someone's feelings.
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Ooh, how'm I gonna get over you? I'll be alright Just not tonight But someday
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I'm mostly a mess, and I hide it pretty well a lot of time.
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I have been very fortunate to be a part of tours with other artists that have exposed me to new places that I've never been before. Once you discover something beautiful, you just want to keep coming back.
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Everything I do will always be compared to 'Love Song' in terms of success or the way it's written or whatever, but it was a really formative moment in my life and in my career.
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My favourite thing to do in any city is just to get lost and go for long walks.
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A tongue like yours should be burned and branded So I can see you lie to me I wish the air would color red when you breathed it Oh, so I could've seen it coming Look in my eyes when you say you love me So I can see you lie to me