A biography for Julia Michaelshasn’t been written yet.
“Stylistically, things are becoming cooler. People are trying different things and combining genres.”
“It's 2016. Men are more vulnerable than ever.”
“I'm very emotional and vulnerable.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Once I heard how deep music could touch people and what it can make you feel and all of these emotions it could bring out, I was really fascinated with it all.”
“When you first start out, people think this is super easy and you find your crew super quick. But you've really got to go through songwriter boot camp to find your people.”
“I've been the person who hides behind people and lets everyone else do their thing, and I've been content there.”
“Working with new people can be really hard and nerve-wracking. When you don't know the person, it's like being on a blind date.”
“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.”
“It's ingrained in people's minds that it's a typecast and a stereotype that women are just emotional and crazy.”
“I just want to write fun, interesting music that pushes boundaries and is still true to myself. I want people to feel something.”
“I think that women are afraid to be vulnerable because they think it makes them look weak.”
“I definitely always thought of myself as a songwriter before a singer.”
“My sister was the singer, and I always had the mentality there could only be one in the family.”
“I just remember really loving words and writing about anything I could, and the way I'd remember things, like my library card number, was to make a melody.”