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I feel like my songs are like diary entries for me. So I usually write about things that have happened to me specifically or sometimes it can be someone who's close to me.

From Sara Bareilles

I would never intentionally want to hurt someone's feelings.

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If you take your fear and mash it into something that's actually useful, then it doesn't feel like it wins.

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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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I'm writing about emotions.

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I have been influenced by many different artists at many different stages of my life. Starting out, it was people like Elton John, Billy Joel, Ben Folds, and Fiona Apple. As I got older I got deeper into the work of bands like the Beatles, artists like Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Etta James, and Joni Mitchell.

From Sara Bareilles

I was a fat girl growing up and had to change schools because kids were so mean.

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I'm a traditional singer-songwriter. I have a more organic sound.

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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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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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