She admits it – how she put it off, tried to back out of it, but is grateful people kept pushing her forward. Right from the get-go, you can tell that writing this book was a struggle for Sara. Her memoir Sounds Like Me has been on my TBR for a few years, because I really wanted to know more about the lady behind the music that I loved so much.
Songs from her Broadway musical Waitress have kept me afloat in my darkest moments.
Her song “King of Anything” is still one of my favorites. I didn’t want to be the person he wanted all the time – sometimes I just wanted to be me.Īfter that, Sara Bareilles’s music became a bit of a refuge for me – she spoke the words I needed to say, but couldn’t. I was struggling with a boyfriend I hated (whom I still didn’t manage to shake for another two years) and listening her say “ I’m not going to write you a love song because you asked for it, because you need it” was something I just wanted to scream at the guy. I wasn’t familiar with Sara Bareilles before that, but it was the song I needed at the moment. I’m sure I heard the song before that, but it was the first time I has really listened. It took about that long for the song to be adopted by Retail Radio, and I heard it while tidying an aisle one particularly slow Sunday morning. The first time I remember listening to Sara Bareilles’s “Love Song” was in 2009.
Showcasing her stripped down and confessional writing style, Sara's entertaining and inspirational book tells the inside stories behind her most popular songs and offers insights into finding balance between making art for herself and commercial music for her listeners. In this candid book of essays, Sara pulls back the curtain to expose her songwriting process, revealing all the struggle and joy inherent in creating great work while staying true to yourself. Sara Bareilles shot to fame in 2007 with her hit single Love Song, and her more recent chart-topping hit Brave, but her journal as a songwriter started long before. Genre: Autobiography, Biography, Memoir, MusicĪ candid and down-to-earth collection of essays by five-time, Grammy Award nominated singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, exploring her life in song raw, evocative, and utterly unforgettable. Sounds Like Me by Sara Bareilles Publisher: Simon & Schuster on October 6, 2015
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