My sister was the singer, and I always had the mentality there could only be one in the family.
JULIA MICHAELSHula-hooping. It makes me feel free. My stepsister introduced me to it. I used to have panic attacks all the time, and she hula-hooped to cope with her own anxiety.
More Julia Michaels Quotes
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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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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’m a very stimulated person.
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It’s ingrained in people’s minds that it’s a typecast and a stereotype that women are just emotional and crazy.
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Working with new people can be really hard and nerve-wracking. When you don’t know the person, it’s like being on a blind date.
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I could make apple pie every single day. You need to be super precise in order for it to be perfect. I’m such a perfectionist that baking is calming for me. I’ve never burnt anything, thank God.
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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 have, like, sensory overload problems.
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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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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 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 think artists are aware that talking gives a songwriter so much material. If they just tell us what’s happening, it’s so much easier for us to write a song that’s specific to them.
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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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I’ve always been a writer. I’ve always loved words, ever since I was a kid.
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