# Sara Bareilles on Reddit (u/Sarabmusic)

Part of Celebrities on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-06. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/celebrities-on-reddit/sara-bareilles

Sara Bareilles: Singer-songwriter, “Love Song” and Waitress.

- Reddit account: [u/Sarabmusic](https://www.reddit.com/user/Sarabmusic/) (AMA only)
- How we know it's theirs: [Her 2015 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3mcwxx/iam_sara_bareilles_ama/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/Music (27), r/IAmA (25)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2015 to 2019
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Bareilles

## Moments

### u/Sarabmusic in r/Music, Feb 15, 2019 · Advice

Replying to a redditor:

> 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…

> 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.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/ar0fdc/this_is_sara_bareilles_ask_me_anything/egk0dpy/ · 480 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/Sarabmusic in r/IAmA, Sep 25, 2015 · Advice

Replying to a redditor:

> 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…

> 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.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3mcwxx/iam_sara_bareilles_ama/cve09tq/ · 106 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/Sarabmusic in r/IAmA, Sep 25, 2015 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> 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…

> 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.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3mcwxx/iam_sara_bareilles_ama/cve0u8n/ · 90 points as of Nov 6, 2026