I’ve always been a writer. I’ve always loved words, ever since I was a kid.
JULIA MICHAELSI 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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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’m a very stimulated person.
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I had all these singles come out within a two-month period, and then nothing for almost two years. You start to feel a little irrelevant. You realize how many people there are trying to be songwriters and how competitive it is and how political things can be.
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I just want to write fun, interesting music that pushes boundaries and is still true to myself. I want people to feel something.
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I think that women are afraid to be vulnerable because they think it makes them look weak.
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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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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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There is so much power in vulnerability, and I am proud to be that typecast.
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When you first start out, people think this is super easy and you find your crew super quick. But you’ve really got to go through songwriter boot camp to find your people.
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I’m very emotional and vulnerable.
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Plantin’ lemon trees since I was twenty-three
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My boyfriend and I like to fight a lot. I have a lot of problems. He has a lot of problems. Somehow, we always work them out and find a way back to each other.
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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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Orange magic in your eyes, on my mind
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If I get writer’s block – this is going to sound funny – I take a shower. Something about the water feels like I’m cleaning my brain as well as my body.
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