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I grew up in Davenport, Iowa, but I moved to Santa Clarita, California, when I was 6.

Julia Michaels

Women often don’t want to be typecast as the girl that’s sad.
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Girl Sad Woman
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
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.
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Artist Break Up People Person Relationship Song
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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Different People Performance Start Success Yourself
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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Date People Work Yourself
Orange magic in your eyes, on my mind
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Eyes Magic Mindset Yourself
Love is weird.
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Love One Liner Weird
I just wanted to write the songs. I never wanted to sing them.
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Myself Sing Song Writing
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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Burn Food God Myself Perfection
For 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.
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Different Myself Person Pieces Time Togetherness Writing
Stylistically, things are becoming cooler. People are trying different things and combining genres.
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Combination Different Music People Sing Try
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
I definitely always thought of myself as a songwriter before a singer.
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Myself Sing Song Thinking Writing
I’m very emotional and vulnerable.
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Emotional Myself Vulnerable
It’s 2016. Men are more vulnerable than ever.
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Man Vulnerable
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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Body Myself Song Therapy Writing

I grew up in Davenport, Iowa, but I moved to Santa Clarita, California, when I was 6.

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