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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.

Julia Michaels

I’ve been the person who hides behind people and lets everyone else do their thing, and I’ve been content there.
JULIA MICHAELS

Hide Myself People Person Satisfaction
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

Body Myself Song Therapy Writing
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
I’ve written poetry most of my life.
JULIA MICHAELS

Life Myself Poetry Writing
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.
JULIA MICHAELS

Different People Performance Start Success Yourself
Tired of people telling me how I should have a fucking body. What I should wear on it. How I should act with it. What I should fucking shave off of it.
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Act Body Clothes Myself People Talk Tired
Plantin’ lemon trees since I was twenty-three
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Myself Plant Tree
It’s 2016. Men are more vulnerable than ever.
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Man Vulnerable
My sister was the singer, and I always had the mentality there could only be one in the family.
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Family Mental Oneself Sing Sister Thinking
Love is weird.
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Love One Liner Weird
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.
JULIA MICHAELS

Feeling Freedom Herself Introduction Time
Stylistically, things are becoming cooler. People are trying different things and combining genres.
JULIA MICHAELS

Combination Different Music People Sing Try
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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Fight Myself Path Problem Relationship Work Yourself
I grew up in Davenport, Iowa, but I moved to Santa Clarita, California, when I was 6.
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Age Growth Myself Travel
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.
JULIA MICHAELS

Burn Food God Myself Perfection
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 think that women are afraid to be vulnerable because they think it makes them look weak.
JULIA MICHAELS

Afraid Appearance Thinking Vulnerable Weakness Woman
I’m a very stimulated person.
JULIA MICHAELS

Character One Liner Person
People are going to assume whatever they want to assume.
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People Thinking
I just wanted to write the songs. I never wanted to sing them.
JULIA MICHAELS

Myself Sing Song Writing
I have, like, sensory overload problems.
JULIA MICHAELS

Issues Myself Problem
Once I heard how deep music could touch people and what it can make you feel and all of these emotions it could bring out, I was really fascinated with it all.
JULIA MICHAELS

Deep Emotion Feeling Music Myself People Touch
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.
JULIA MICHAELS

Appearance Emotional Listening Man Sex Weakness Woman
I’ve always been a writer. I’ve always loved words, ever since I was a kid.
JULIA MICHAELS

Children Love Myself Word Writing
I would give anything to hold your hands like this again.
JULIA MICHAELS

Hands Hold Important Myself
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
My favorite food is hot Cheetos. I could eat those every day.
JULIA MICHAELS

Eat Food Myself

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 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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