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" I grew up in Davenport, Iowa, but I moved to Santa Clarita, California, when I was 6. "
Julia Michaels
California
Iowa
Grew
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" I have, like, sensory overload problems. "
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" For the first three years, when I was writing, I was doing sessions with a whole bunch of different people all the time every day until I met Lindy Robbins, who kind of mentored me. And then, once you find that, all the pieces come together. "
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" I just want to write fun, interesting music that pushes boundaries and is still true to myself. I want people to feel something. "
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" I think artists are aware that talking gives a songwriter so much material. If they just tell us what's happening, it's so much easier for us to write a song that's specific to them. "
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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 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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" If I get writer's block - this is going to sound funny - I take a shower. Something about the water feels like I'm cleaning my brain as well as my body. "
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Brain
" My boyfriend and I like to fight a lot. I have a lot of problems. He has a lot of problems. Somehow, we always work them out and find a way back to each other. "
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Work
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Fight
" 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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" I'm very emotional and vulnerable. "
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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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Everyone
Content
" The Weeknd's 'Can't Feel My Face' is very experimental. It's pop meets urban meets indie meets alternative. "
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Indie
Face
Feel
" I've written poetry most of my life. "
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Life
Written
My Life
" I've always been a writer. I've always loved words, ever since I was a kid. "
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Kid
" I think that women are afraid to be vulnerable because they think it makes them look weak. "
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Women
" It's 2016. Men are more vulnerable than ever. "
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" I'm a very stimulated person. "
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Stimulated
Very
Person
" I definitely always thought of myself as a songwriter before a singer. "
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Thought
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" People are going to assume whatever they want to assume. "
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People
Assume
Going
" 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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Radio
Music
Love
" It never feels like work. I get to go to the studio and be with my friends every day and write new things and experiment with new sounds. We just have a blast. "
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Work
Friends
Go
" 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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" Women often don't want to be typecast as the girl that's sad. "
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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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Apple
" There is so much power in vulnerability, and I am proud to be that typecast. "
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Much
Power
" My favorite food is hot Cheetos. I could eat those every day. "
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Eat
Hot
Food
" It's ingrained in people's minds that it's a typecast and a stereotype that women are just emotional and crazy. "
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" An artist could have a really big relationship, and then they break up, and any song after that, people are automatically going to assume that that song is about that person. "
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" Stylistically, things are becoming cooler. People are trying different things and combining genres. "
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" When 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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Pressure