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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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Sara Bareilles
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: December 7
Actor
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Singer-Songwriter
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Eureka
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Compare where you are to where you want to be, and you'll get nowhere
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I feel like I'm on the precipice - just seeing a better version of me coming out.
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I've dabbled in running around on stage, and at certain times it's nice to step away from the anchor of the piano and use a handheld microphone and connect with the audience, but I think my soul as a performer is just a little bit more connected to the instrument. To just sort of sit and sing - that feels like the most natural fit for me.
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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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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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I think that's my hope for a lot of the feminist movement is that the gender thing sort of stops being the selling point, if that makes any sense. We're just people making art, and that's how this process has felt to me.
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Never say never - I certainly have those dreams, and I hope that it happens at some point,I hope I get to see those stage lights.
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I like seeing someone that can sing jazz and then flip over and sing a pop song and then sing a rock song.
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Love is blind, but when we close our eyes, we see with our hearts.
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I'm starting to believe in the power of a name. Because it can't be a mistake if I just call it 'change.'
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The women in my family are all super-emotional. The catchphrase in our family is 'Listen to my words, not my tears.'
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