Plantin’ lemon trees since I was twenty-three
JULIA MICHAELSPlantin’ lemon trees since I was twenty-three
JULIA MICHAELSI 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.
JULIA MICHAELSI’m a very stimulated person.
JULIA MICHAELSI 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.
JULIA MICHAELSI definitely always thought of myself as a songwriter before a singer.
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 MICHAELSMy sister was the singer, and I always had the mentality there could only be one in the family.
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 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 MICHAELSLove is weird.
JULIA MICHAELSMy favorite food is hot Cheetos. I could eat those every day.
JULIA MICHAELSOrange magic in your eyes, on my mind
JULIA MICHAELSWorking 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 MICHAELSPeople 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 MICHAELSWomen often don’t want to be typecast as the girl that’s sad.
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