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 MICHAELSI 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 MICHAELSIf 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.
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.
JULIA MICHAELSI have, like, sensory overload problems.
JULIA MICHAELSI’m a very stimulated person.
JULIA MICHAELSI 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.
JULIA MICHAELSI grew up in Davenport, Iowa, but I moved to Santa Clarita, California, when I was 6.
JULIA MICHAELSI’m very emotional and vulnerable.
JULIA MICHAELSOrange magic in your eyes, on my mind
JULIA MICHAELSWhen 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 MICHAELSI definitely always thought of myself as a songwriter before a singer.
JULIA MICHAELSPlantin’ lemon trees since I was twenty-three
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.’
JULIA MICHAELSAn 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 MICHAELSIt’s 2016. Men are more vulnerable than ever.
JULIA MICHAELSIt’s ingrained in people’s minds that it’s a typecast and a stereotype that women are just emotional and crazy.
JULIA MICHAELS