It’s easy for me to be vulnerable and craft songs when I’m being a hermit in my woods loft, secluded. When I get attention for it, whether it’s on stage or in life – I have sort of a love-hate relationship with all of it. That makes me feel really stark naked.
Rachael Yamagata
Rachael Yamagata
If you hold on
If you hold on to certain things that are comfortable and maybe a bad pattern for you psychologically, then you rob yourself of the experience of the next thing that happens when you do start to let go. It’s only by trusting that, and by the leaps of faith, that you remember that’s true.
Rachael Yamagata
Hopefully, my tears are
Hopefully, my tears are worth something to the outside world.
Rachael Yamagata
Writing and performing are
Writing and performing are to me what water and movement are to sharks.
Rachael Yamagata
I once heard someone
I once heard someone doing a karaoke version of my song. That was pretty funny.
Rachael Yamagata
I don’t really usually
I don’t really usually write sort of a cheerleader-type lyric.
Rachael Yamagata
I can sit and
I can sit and dissect for hours, and then write 50 songs about. I always find that inspiring.
Rachael Yamagata
Conflict is a great
Conflict is a great thing to start with. For me as a songwriter, I am constantly trying to solve problems.
Rachael Yamagata
I wrote my first
I wrote my first song when I was twelve on the piano.
Rachael Yamagata
Flute was actually my
Flute was actually my first instrument. I had a year of lessons and then stopped after feeling like I was going to faint all of the time.
Rachael Yamagata