Celebrities on Reddit

Sara Bareilles

Singer-songwriter, “Love Song” and Waitress

We retrieved 2 posts and 50 comments from u/Sarabmusic, dated 2015 to 2019, most often in r/Music and r/IAmA.

Best moment

A redditor wrote in r/Music

On “This is Sara Bareilles… Ask Me Anything!!”

Thanks for doing this AMA! Your music means so much to me and I connect to your lyrics on such a deep level. My question is this: How do you balance being a perfectionist with needing to be productive? As a writer, I struggle with wanting to finish and publish my novel but also…

u/Sarabmusic replied

let me save you the trouble. it will never be perfect. take a deep breath and start sharing your work. the sharing is the teacher. And the learning is the only perfect thing about any of this.

More moments

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “Iam Sara Bareilles AMA!”

Hi Sara, thanks for taking your time to share your love for music! I still remember the amazing performance you rocked at UCSD SunGod so many years ago! How did you overcome any stage-freight or nervousness (if you experienced it before) when you first begun performing? What tip…

u/Sarabmusic replied

I sometimes like to just call a spade a spade on stage and let folks know I'm nervous if I'm nervous. But then you gotta let it go. It's a little like leaping off a cliff. You have to feel…

Read all of itShow less

I sometimes like to just call a spade a spade on stage and let folks know I'm nervous if I'm nervous. But then you gotta let it go. It's a little like leaping off a cliff. You have to feel the discomfort and the fear and then do it anyway, with all you got.

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “Iam Sara Bareilles AMA!”

Hey Sara, I'm a pretty big fan of your music. As much as I love your big songs like Brave and Love Song, I also love your lesser known songs equally, if not more, such as Cassiopeia. In an interview with Radio.com, you said that your inspiration for writing Cassiopeia was an…

u/Sarabmusic replied

Hercules was inspired by the name of a music stand I had in my studio. It's my story, but the spark came from a piece of metal.

Behind the scenesr/IAmA · 90 points as of Nov 2026Full thread ↗