Sara Bareilles Quotes & Sayings

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. — Sara Bareilles

My earth is somebody's ceiling — Sara Bareilles

I certainly have dreams of being on a Broadway stage someday, if they'll have me. I think I want to stay really open to whatever possibilities present themselves. — Sara Bareilles

There's really no "bad" people; there's just humans who are doing the best they can to figure life out. It's hard! We can all relate to that. — Sara Bareilles

And so here we go bluebird,
Back to the sky on your own.
Oh, let him go bluebird,
Ready to fly,
You and I,
Here we go.
Here we go. — Sara Bareilles

My dance move has seemingly turned into push-ups. Sometimes, especially if I've indulged a little bit in an evening, it's not out of the ordinary to find me, for some reason, doing push-ups. That seems to be my go-to dance move. — Sara Bareilles

I'm somebody who grew up listening to a lot of musical theater, so getting to finally write musical theater songs and songs that sound that way - the emphasis being on the storytelling, but the arrangements and the orchestrations can be really varied - I found that to be, actually, a really joyful discovery. — Sara Bareilles

I love the morning time. There's something about having the day in front of you. — Sara Bareilles

My request was for courage. To turn and face the thing that scares you the most and do your best to stay there. I asked for honesty, which sometimes requires more strength than most things we do in our lives. — Sara Bareilles

You can be the outcast or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love. Or you can start speaking up. — Sara Bareilles

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. — Sara Bareilles

When I look back, I was so mean to myself, and I was so uncomfortable in my own skin. I still feel that very loudly sometimes, but to try and really nurture that sense that you are your own friend. — Sara Bareilles

I hope these essays have been comforting to someone reading it if for no other reason than to watch me openly admit I have no idea what I'm doing. I suspect most people feel that way, even if they don't fess up. — Sara Bareilles

I used to sing songs from musicals all the time as a kid. — Sara Bareilles

Where we learned we could make each other laugh, and sometimes that's all you need to know about a person to know that being friends is a good idea. — Sara Bareilles

I think I have some anger-management issues, and they end up coming out in these passive-aggressive songs that sound happy. — Sara Bareilles

The music industry can feel wonderful, but it can also feel very cold. — Sara Bareilles

Always be chasing the sun. All we can do, is try, and live like we're still alive. — Sara Bareilles

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. — Sara Bareilles

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. — Sara Bareilles

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. — Sara Bareilles

Good stuff gets worse and bad stuff gets better, so you're better off to spend a little time making friends with all of it. — Sara Bareilles

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. — Sara Bareilles

Let the world come rush in
Come down hard, come crushing
All I need is right here beside me
I'n not enough, I swear it
But take my love and and wear it over your shoulders — Sara Bareilles

True bravery is being exactly who you are, imperfections included. Vulnerability is the most precious gift you can give. — Sara Bareilles

At the end of the day, the only thing I ever wanted to feel was loved. So I think if I could give someone a piece of advice, it's really learn how to be kind to yourself. In all of our ugliness and all of our brokenness and our bad choices, to really learn to nurture that part of yourself that can be your own big sister in a way. — Sara Bareilles

If you take your fear and mash it into something that's actually useful, then it doesn't feel like it wins. — Sara Bareilles

Something always brings be back to you, it never takes too long — Sara Bareilles

I think we're at a really rich and fertile time in the zeitgeist about paying attention to diversity of all kinds - racial diversity, gender diversity, making room for a continuum that is more inclusive. — Sara Bareilles

Never mind what I knew, nothing seems to matter now
Ooh, who I was without you, I can do without
No one knows where it ends, how it may come tumbling down
But I'm here with you now
I'm with you now — Sara Bareilles

Set me free, leave me be, I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity, here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I'm supposed to be, but your onto me, your all over me. — Sara Bareilles

I have been influenced by many different artists at many different stages of my life. Starting out, it was people like Elton John, Billy Joel, Ben Folds, and Fiona Apple. As I got older I got deeper into the work of bands like the Beatles, artists like Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Etta James, and Joni Mitchell. — Sara Bareilles

Don't run

Stop holding your tongue — Sara Bareilles

I was struck by what kept her in place, her fear of hurting him. It reminded me of my own darkest moments, waking up one day, looking around, and not recognizing your own self, because you have given too much of that away. — Sara Bareilles

The struggle is to stay present enough when you're taking your next step forward that you're really making your most honest choices. — Sara Bareilles

...we can choose to reflect the places we see the lack of love in the world, or we could try to be stronger than our weaknesses, and shine a light on something better. We were facing down our own personal Goliaths. I wanted to invite her to stand with me and try the radical act of simply staying put. To tell the truth and trust that whatever comes next is going to be okay. — Sara Bareilles

I'm of the ilk of writers that feels you have to be open to the inspiration. — Sara Bareilles

I'm happy to be working with all women. — Sara Bareilles

I definitely get a little antsy when I haven't had a good fix! — Sara Bareilles

I feel like I'm on the precipice - just seeing a better version of me coming out. — Sara Bareilles

I love the morning time - a cup of coffee and to sit at the piano, that's probably my favorite time. — Sara Bareilles

I'd like to think I could physically manage doing that, but I don't think it feels authentic to the kind of performer that I am. I think that, for me, being stationary and just sort of singing the songs seems to be the most connected and authentic expression for me on stage. — Sara Bareilles

And if you say we'll be alright
I'm gonna trust you, babe
I'm gonna look in your eyes
And if you say we'll be alright
I'll follow you into the light — Sara Bareilles

It's so easy to just rip someone's work apart. — Sara Bareilles

I'm never gonna be somebody who's gonna fall down from the sky on a trapeze. That's not me. I really want to make sure that my focus stays on connecting with the audience. — Sara Bareilles

In the morning it comes, heaven sent a hurricane
Not a trace of the sun but I don't even run from rain
Beating out of my chest, my heart is holding on to you
From the moment I knew
From the moment I knew — Sara Bareilles

There are so many wonderful classic roles, but I also would be really interested in developing something brand new. I think my heart would probably be in developing something brand new; I think that sounds really exciting. — Sara Bareilles

You are overwhelmed and haven't learned to be your own friend through this yet. You will. Your fear of jumping without a net is so valid, and the trick that you haven't learned yet is that that's life, always and everywhere. There are no nets. Life is a big, long free fall, and the sooner you can embrace what is beautiful about that, the sooner you will start to enjoy the ride. — Sara Bareilles

You love the chase, but hate me for the run around — Sara Bareilles

Late night writing is also good, too, but in New York, you've got neighbors. I try to be a good neighbor. — Sara Bareilles

I can very much relate to waking up inside of your life and saying to yourself, "How did I get here?" — Sara Bareilles

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. — Sara Bareilles

The women in my family are all super-emotional. The catchphrase in our family is 'Listen to my words, not my tears.' — Sara Bareilles

The kaleidoscope of experiences you have had this year are deeply meaningful and have enhanced your perspective on what actually matters. You have seen firsthand how fleeting and fragile life is and it has changed your DNA. Your tolerance for bullshit is lessening and although you are not always graceful with how you fight back, I love that you are a scrappy little lady. You are bored with the value system you see celebrated around you. Compromise is sometimes just manipulation and you are learning to identify that. You see a need for more people, women especially, to push back against the system that is in place and you've decided to do more of that. This experience will only turn up the volume on your voice the next time around. Hell yes to this and go go go. — Sara Bareilles

Your a lovely creation, I'd like to think that I am too. My friends said I look better with out you. — Sara Bareilles

I'm grateful to have the chance to be inspired by the incredible artists that are out there. — Sara Bareilles

My personal best seems the most accessible to me when I am being as honest as I can be. At this point in my life, I am attempting to make choices that move me toward what feels authentic, while saying yes to things that make my gut feel spooked with possibility. — Sara Bareilles

Say what you wanna say and let the words fall out — Sara Bareilles

I'm starting to believe in the power of a name. Because it can't be a mistake if I just call it 'change.' — Sara Bareilles

My emotional hangover was thick and thorny and I felt antsy, wanting to crawl out of my own skin. I had hoped I would sleep off those weird, crazy feelings and wake up "normal," but my melancholy was everywhere and I couldn't pretend otherwise. — Sara Bareilles

I got really into rock - soft, romantic rock was my jam. — Sara Bareilles

I'm a traditional singer-songwriter. I have a more organic sound. — Sara Bareilles

Maybe there's a way out of the cage where you live
Maybe one these days you can let the light in
Show me ... how BIG your BRAVE is! — Sara Bareilles

Things evolve into other things. Emotions do the same. Forever. Your best ally in all of these shifting seas is your faith in the fact that you are exactly where you are supposed to be. — Sara Bareilles

Show me how big your brave is. — Sara Bareilles

I think I'm someone who is really prone to melancholy, and the super heavy, thick shows kind of spiral me out into not being able to be as happy a person as I think I deserve to be, so I tend to watch things like 30 Rock and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Anything Tina Fey's involved in. And Parks and Rec. I love comedies! — Sara Bareilles

I'm writing about emotions. — Sara Bareilles

I'm that person who owns all of the seasons on DVDs, including the Lifetime intimate portraits showcasing The Golden Girls. I am a massive fan. I think I'm Dorothy. She's my favorite. — Sara Bareilles

Does anybody know how to hold my heart
How to hold my heart?
'Cause I don't want to let go, let go, let go too soon
I want to tell you so before the sun goes dark
How to hold my heart
'Cause I don't want to let go, let go, let go of you — Sara Bareilles

We can understand the sentiment you're saying to us
Oh,
But sensible sells so could you kindly shut up
And get started
At keeping your part of the bargain aw please
Little darlin'
You're killing me sweetly with love love love love
Love love love love — Sara Bareilles

My hairstylist taught me a trick for my hair. You section off your hair and put them up in these crazy little knots and then it looks like you curled your hair. It's saved me so much time 'cause on the road you don't have time or plugs to plug your curling iron in. — Sara Bareilles

You can be amazing, you can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug — Sara Bareilles

Sometimes I can be perfectly sweet
Got this sugary me stuffed in my sleeve
And I talk of ponies and rainbows and things
And I'm just who you want me to be
But like most creatures down here on the ground
I'm composed of the elements moving around
And I grow and change and I shift and I switch
And it turns out I'm actually kind of a bitch — Sara Bareilles

You hold me without touch, keep me without chains, never wanted anything so much, then to drown in your love, and not feel your rain — Sara Bareilles

It's very exciting to be a part of a team of collaborators in general. — Sara Bareilles

Love is blind, but when we close our eyes, we see with our hearts. — Sara Bareilles

I have found so much joy and so much pride in contributing and being a team member, and then stepping back and watching someone else get the applause. That has been really satisfying in a way that I wouldn't have probably imagined. — Sara Bareilles

No one is anything but a shade of grey. It's good people making bad choices. — Sara Bareilles

I know that I'm very susceptible to getting caught up in storylines like, "I want him to be different. I want him to be more open. I want him to call." We have all of these storylines that kind of take over sometimes, and I think there's real grace and a peaceful heart at the center of just accepting what is, and knowing that everything's OK. The good, the bad, the ugly, the pain, the hurt, the frustration - all of that is valuable and part of this human experience, so we should lean in to all of it. — Sara Bareilles

I am passionate about young women and advocating for them. — Sara Bareilles

We're always making everything slightly more difficult than it needs to be, aren't we?
Oh, us ... — Sara Bareilles

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. — Sara Bareilles

Started as a flicker, meant to be a flame. Skin has gotten thicker, but it burns the same. Still a baby in a cradle, got to take my first fall ... baby's getting next to nowhere with her back against the wall. — Sara Bareilles

Time did what it always does: softened the hard edges — Sara Bareilles

I think it's one of those things about live performance - anything goes, anything can happen, and you have to just be ready and able to roll with the punches. — Sara Bareilles

So how do you do it, with just words and just music, capture the feeling that my Earth is somebody's ceiling? — Sara Bareilles

But you neither friend nor foe, though I can't seem to let you go, the one thing that I still know is that your keeping me DOWN! — Sara Bareilles

... but what kind of heart doesn't look back ... — Sara Bareilles

One of the wonderful ways to celebrate women is to hire women. — Sara Bareilles

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. — Sara Bareilles

I go straight for Seinfeld, Modern Family, Friends, and Golden Girls. Those are my pillars of strength on TV. — Sara Bareilles

Or you can just start speaking up...

-Brave — Sara Bareilles

Here's a simplification of everything I'm going through: You + Me is bad news. — Sara Bareilles

I would like to look back on my body of work and be proud of each record in its own right, but as a whole, I want to continue to grow and move forward. — Sara Bareilles

I have a tendency when I feel myself getting stuck, my impulse is to go to my cupboard and find chips to eat. — Sara Bareilles

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. — Sara Bareilles

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. — Sara Bareilles

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. — Sara Bareilles

I think it was the perfect gestation time for this particular piece [ Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song]. One of the songs that I considered talking about was "Manhattan," because it was chronicling the end of a long relationship that was part of the reason why I moved from Los Angeles to New York, which was such a life-changing decision. I don't regret that it's not in there, but that's one that I considered diving into, and I have little piecemeal snippets of writing about that floating around — Sara Bareilles

Relax. Everyone is going to love you! Just get out of your own way. — Sara Bareilles