I’ve always been a writer. I’ve always loved words, ever since I was a kid.
JULIA MICHAELSFor the first three years, when I was writing, I was doing sessions with a whole bunch of different people all the time every day until I met Lindy Robbins, who kind of mentored me. And then, once you find that, all the pieces come together.
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I’ve been the person who hides behind people and lets everyone else do their thing, and I’ve been content there.
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It never feels like work. I get to go to the studio and be with my friends every day and write new things and experiment with new sounds. We just have a blast.
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Still finding silly string in weird places.
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I just remember really loving words and writing about anything I could, and the way I’d remember things, like my library card number, was to make a melody.
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I grew up in Davenport, Iowa, but I moved to Santa Clarita, California, when I was 6.
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An artist could have a really big relationship, and then they break up, and any song after that, people are automatically going to assume that that song is about that person.
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For the first three years, when I was writing, I was doing sessions with a whole bunch of different people all the time every day until I met Lindy Robbins, who kind of mentored me. And then, once you find that, all the pieces come together.
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Women often don’t want to be typecast as the girl that’s sad.
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I’m very emotional and vulnerable.
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If you listen to the radio, it’s all men who are emotional and women who are sexual. There’s nothing wrong with that! It definitely should be the case, but it makes me sad that women are afraid to be emotional because it makes them look weak.
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I just wanted to write the songs. I never wanted to sing them.
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My favorite food is hot Cheetos. I could eat those every day.
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When you start to have success, people look at you differently and expect more from you. With that comes a lot of pressure to perform, so it can be a little overwhelming.
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I write songs for myself, but I never keep them. I’m like, ‘O.K., that was my therapy – it’s out of my body now. I’m going to give it to somebody else so it can be their therapy, too.’
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Stylistically, things are becoming cooler. People are trying different things and combining genres.
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