If youre gonna write a love song

She also is able to completely switch gears from her conventional songs she produces to write for the stage — "What's Inside: Songs from Waitress" is a glimpse into the score she has composed for a musical that's just hit Broadway.

Go ahead, be brave.

She inspires many others in the world to rally together to help for the greater good, and she continues to awe the world with the success and drive that she puts into everything she does.

Her record label wanted her to write a love song. If that's not brave, I'm not quite sure what is. However, without having that model before me, I would still be playing songs in my room to an audience of no one.

As I mentioned, she has also written a memoir and composed an entire musical with some of the best songs I've ever heard and fearlessly releases her content into the world. As one of my favorite artists to ever exist, the influence that Bareilles has had on my life is far from nominal.

Even if she's not your "style," I still think that everyone can find a bit of themselves within her open and honest music.

Her style has been influential to the artist that I have become, and I list her as a musical inspiration for this reason. Putting out a product that will be subject to constant criticism is something that's fearful for anyone, and trying to make a career out of it is even more harrowing.

Check your inbox for the latest from Odyssey. It was basically a big "F you" Would SaraBareilles be as popular today if she wrote him a love song because he asked for it?

Im not gonna write you a love song chords

Her songbook for her first major-label record "Little Voice" was the first time I tried to play music from the sheets. While the concept of performing a few songs without a backing band during a concert is not so foreign, performing alone for an entire series of intimate shows is something that I've never seen an artist pursue. And, well, the rest of them too. But, apart from that, Bareilles has a much deeper influence on me than one could expect. Her style has been influential to the artist that I have become, and I list her as a musical inspiration for this reason. I encourage you to go forth and give her a listen, even if you know "Love Song" by heart. With no formal training , Bareilles still manages to deliver quality songs with complex harmonies and composition "Between the Lines" being one of many songs that I still cannot play to this day to guide her excellently crafted lyrics. She also did something quite unexpected before releasing her fourth record, "The Blessed Unrest" — she ditched the standard touring format by not bringing a band with her and opted to play solo. Her record label wanted her to write a love song. As someone who is a self-taught musician, her ability to pick up multiple instruments and play them with finesse has pushed me to do the same; I began to teach myself how to play the piano at the ripe age of 15 and have since learned how to play the guitar and ukulele. I listen to her music to lift my spirits, to feel like I'm not the only one who's drowning and to understand that there's nothing wrong with swearing and bellowing about how crappy our world is. Check your inbox for the latest from Odyssey. Download