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I feel like my songs are like diary entries for me. So I usually write about things that have happened to me specifically or sometimes it can be someone who's close to me.

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Sara Bareilles
Age: 44
Born: 1979
Born: December 7
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I have been very fortunate to be a part of tours with other artists that have exposed me to new places that I've never been before. Once you discover something beautiful, you just want to keep coming back.
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I was a fat girl growing up and had to change schools because kids were so mean.
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You can be amazing, you can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
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Jump start my kaleidoscope heart, Love to watch the colors fade, They may not make sense, But they sure as hell made me.
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All my life I've tried to make everybody happy while I just hurt and hide, waiting for someone to tell me it's my turn to decide.
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I never played coffee shops I just played a lot of coffee shop-sized venues. I took every venue I could get my hands on.
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My proudest moment of my career was opening night in Cambridge and watching the cast take their curtain call. No one was looking at me, and I was floating off the ground. It was just euphoric.
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I do a lot of reading on Buddhist philosophy, and a Buddhist nun named Pema Chödrön talks a lot about acceptance. It's one of the main tenets of Buddhism - accepting that what is, is. The root of our suffering is when we just don't want to accept a truth. We want something to be different than it is.
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It's so easy to just rip someone's work apart.
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I go straight for Seinfeld, Modern Family, Friends, and Golden Girls. Those are my pillars of strength on TV.
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I got really into rock - soft, romantic rock was my jam.
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You can be the outcast or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love. Or you can start speaking up.
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I definitely get a little antsy when I haven't had a good fix!
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I don't like karaoke very much. I like being around it, but I don't like singing it. If I had to sing a karaoke song, it's usually Son of a Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield.
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My earth is somebody's ceiling
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If you take your fear and mash it into something that's actually useful, then it doesn't feel like it wins.
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