Sara Bareilles
Sara Bareilles
Sara Beth Bareilles is an American singer-songwriter. She achieved mainstream success in 2007 with the hit single "Love Song", which reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Bareilles has sold over one million albums and over nine million singles/downloads in the United States of America alone and has earned five Grammy Award nominations, including one Album of the Year nomination for her album The Blessed Unrest. In the third season of NBC's The Sing-Off, Bareilles was a celebrity...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth7 December 1979
CityEureka, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Just speak your truth, it's an important cornerstone of how your life ends up sort of unfolding in front of you. Even if it's painful, if it's honest, it's going to bring you to the place you deserve to be.
I like seeing someone that can sing jazz and then flip over and sing a pop song and then sing a rock song.
Music is catharsis for me.
The earliest issue I can remember going through was body image issues. I was a chubby little kid and I got made fun of for it. I dealt with horrible, horrible self esteem issues, and I still struggle with that. I think it's what taught me a lot of empathy and compassion, though, but there are those days where I look in the mirror and I still see twelve year old fat Sara.
Show me how big your brave is.
True bravery is being exactly who you are, imperfections included. Vulnerability is the most precious gift you can give.
It's very exciting to be a part of a team of collaborators in general.
I have a tendency when I feel myself getting stuck, my impulse is to go to my cupboard and find chips to eat.
So how do you do it, with just words and just music, capture the feeling that my Earth is somebody's ceiling?
If I get frustrated, the first thing I'll do is get up from the piano - completely mindlessly - and walk over to the cupboard and pull out something salty to eat.
I'm grateful to have the chance to be inspired by the incredible artists that are out there.
The women in my family are all super-emotional. The catchphrase in our family is 'Listen to my words, not my tears.
The most powerful place you can come from is just having a really deep knowing of who you are and what you want for yourself.
Compare where you are to where you want to be, and you'll get nowhere