Sara Bareilles Quotes - Page 2

I love the morning time. There's something about having the day in front of you.

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.

I definitely get a little antsy when I haven't had a good fix!

I have a tendency when I feel myself getting stuck, my impulse is to go to my cupboard and find chips to eat.

It's so easy to just rip someone's work apart.

I think I'm someone who is really prone to melancholy, and the super heavy, thick shows kind of spiral me out into not being able to be as happy a person as I think I deserve to be, so I tend to watch things like 30 Rock and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Anything Tina Fey's involved in. And Parks and Rec. I love comedies!

I never wanted anything so much than to drown in your love and not feel your rain.

One of the wonderful ways to celebrate women is to hire women.

I certainly have dreams of being on a Broadway stage someday, if they'll have me. I think I want to stay really open to whatever possibilities present themselves.

The music industry can feel wonderful, but it can also feel very cold.

Late night writing is also good, too, but in New York, you've got neighbors. I try to be a good neighbor.

I'm starting to believe in the power of a name. Because it can't be a mistake if I just call it 'change.'

I go straight for Seinfeld, Modern Family, Friends, and Golden Girls. Those are my pillars of strength on TV.

I love the morning time - a cup of coffee and to sit at the piano, that's probably my favorite time.

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.

So how do you do it, with just words and just music, capture the feeling that my Earth is somebody's ceiling?

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.

I used to sing songs from musicals all the time as a kid.

Music is catharsis for me.

You can be amazing, you can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug

I think it was the perfect gestation time for this particular piece [ Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song]. One of the songs that I considered talking about was "Manhattan," because it was chronicling the end of a long relationship that was part of the reason why I moved from Los Angeles to New York, which was such a life-changing decision. I don't regret that it's not in there, but that's one that I considered diving into, and I have little piecemeal snippets of writing about that floating around

I am passionate about young women and advocating for them.

Jump start my kaleidoscope heart, Love to watch the colors fade, They may not make sense, But they sure as hell made me.

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.

I'm happy to be working with all women.