Sara Bareilles Quotes

Say what you wanna say and let the words fall out honestly.

True bravery is being exactly who you are, imperfections included. Vulnerability is the most precious gift you can give.

I feel like I'm on the precipice - just seeing a better version of me coming out.

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.

Just speak your truth, it's an important cornerstone of how your life ends up sort of unfolding in front of you. Even if it's painful, if it's honest, it's going to bring you to the place you deserve to be.

It'd be a shame to stop now that I've started to make really good mistakes

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

Compare where you are to where you want to be, and you'll get nowhere

Love is blind, but when we close our eyes, we see with our hearts.

Show me how big your brave is.

The struggle is to stay present enough when you're taking your next step forward that you're really making your most honest choices.

At the end of the day, the only thing I ever wanted to feel was loved. So I think if I could give someone a piece of advice, it's really learn how to be kind to yourself. In all of our ugliness and all of our brokenness and our bad choices, to really learn to nurture that part of yourself that can be your own big sister in a way.

The women in my family are all super-emotional. The catchphrase in our family is 'Listen to my words, not my tears.'

You can be the outcast or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love. Or you can start speaking up.

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

I'm grateful to have the chance to be inspired by the incredible artists that are out there.

I have found so much joy and so much pride in contributing and being a team member, and then stepping back and watching someone else get the applause. That has been really satisfying in a way that I wouldn't have probably imagined.

I work a lot with men, and I work with wonderful men that I absolutely adore, but it's something that I'm now paying attention to - to seek out and make room for the talented women in all the technical fields and creative fields across the board.

I like seeing someone that can sing jazz and then flip over and sing a pop song and then sing a rock song.

When I look back, I was so mean to myself, and I was so uncomfortable in my own skin. I still feel that very loudly sometimes, but to try and really nurture that sense that you are your own friend.

I think I have some anger-management issues, and they end up coming out in these passive-aggressive songs that sound happy.

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.

I'm that person who owns all of the seasons on DVDs, including the Lifetime intimate portraits showcasing The Golden Girls. I am a massive fan. I think I'm Dorothy. She's my favorite.

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.

I think it's one of those things about live performance - anything goes, anything can happen, and you have to just be ready and able to roll with the punches.