Rachael Yamagata Quotes

I do have faith that something better is always coming for you.

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.

As I grow older, what I find interesting is that I get experience with pain, different types of pain, and I start to see the lovely hilarity of life. Things that were once so crushing take on a different essence. I move through it at a faster rate. It's like traveling: it opens my eyes. My process is to allow myself to have it and to not judge myself or the situation too much, and then to create something with it.

Follow your instincts, and handle all with respect and diplomacy.

I treasure my mornings. I get up early and ignore everything work-related for the first few hours. It's just me and my coffee addiction.

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.

Everyone is more than what you see on the cover; we all run deep and have our story.

My own brain. When I get it out of the way, I'm fine.

I'm a big believer that there's a reason for everything. I'm a hopeless optimist.

I wish you health, and more than wealth, I wish you love

I wrote my first song when I was twelve on the piano.

Hopefully, my tears are worth something to the outside world.

Love could solve everything.

My breaking heart and I agree, that you and I could never be, so with my best ... my very best, I set you free

In love relationships, there's such intimacy, and the potential to be the most vulnerable and honest and raw with another person. Why can't we have that transparency with everyone in our lives and reach that higher connection?

There's something about [pain] that excites me. If I'm feeling really awful about something, it's because I haven't experienced it before. There's something I need to learn from it.