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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.’

Julia Michaels

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.
JULIA MICHAELS

Competition Music People Politics Song Start Try Yourself
There is so much power in vulnerability, and I am proud to be that typecast.
JULIA MICHAELS

Myeself Power Proud Vulnerability
Hula-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.
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Feeling Freedom Herself Introduction Time
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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Library Love Myself Remember Word Writing
I think that women are afraid to be vulnerable because they think it makes them look weak.
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Afraid Appearance Thinking Vulnerable Weakness Woman
My favorite food is hot Cheetos. I could eat those every day.
JULIA MICHAELS

Eat Food Myself
I do love all types of music. I could be in a session for eight hours, and when I leave, I’ll instinctively go to the radio or put on my favourite songs.
JULIA MICHAELS

Leaving Love Music Myself
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.
JULIA MICHAELS

Fight Myself Path Problem Relationship Work Yourself
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.
JULIA MICHAELS

Easy People Quick Song Start Thinking Yourself
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.
JULIA MICHAELS

Feeling Friendship Myself Sound Work
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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Boundary Feeling Fun Music People Writing
People are always going to have something to say about you or your body. They will always try to attack you when you’re feeling the most happy or the most yourself you’ve ever been.
JULIA MICHAELS

Attack Body Feeling Happiness People Talk Try Yourself
I just wanted to write the songs. I never wanted to sing them.
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Myself Sing Song Writing
People are going to assume whatever they want to assume.
JULIA MICHAELS

People Thinking
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.
JULIA MICHAELS

Artist Break Up People Person Relationship Song
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.
JULIA MICHAELS

Date People Work Yourself

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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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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