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 MICHAELSWhen 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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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.
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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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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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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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I’m a very stimulated person.
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I would give anything to hold your hands like this again.
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I definitely always thought of myself as a songwriter before a singer.
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I’m very emotional and vulnerable.
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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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My sister was the singer, and I always had the mentality there could only be one in the family.
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I grew up in Davenport, Iowa, but I moved to Santa Clarita, California, when I was 6.
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I’ve been the person who hides behind people and lets everyone else do their thing, and I’ve been content there.
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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.
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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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Stylistically, things are becoming cooler. People are trying different things and combining genres.
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