![]() ![]() My whole family – we’re all very bad liars. I don’t really know how to be any other way. I have to give my family a lot of credit. Why has it always been important to give the public your most authentic self? In an industry where authenticity isn’t easy to come by, you have always remained true to yourself. You can’t know what’s going on behind the scenes – why someone is as complicated as they are – and I just wouldn’t want to judge someone’s experience. I would rather hope that everyone’s doing the best they can and that eventually people feel safe to be exactly who they are. If you make someone feel bad because they’re not (out), isn’t that similar to punishing them because they’re quote-end quote “different” in the first place? All of that is a form of judgment. I would love to see everyone step into this holy space of carrying the torch of bravery – it’s just not everyone’s role. Not everyone is comfortable enough to step into a leadership position and you can’t really judge them for that. Everyone is on their path, and I really believe that, at the end of the day, people are doing the best they can with what they’ve got. (Sigh) That’s a really hard thing to speak to. Regarding “Brave,” you once said in a webisode, “It’s important to be brave because by doing that you also give others permission to do the same.” How do you react, then, to people in the limelight who are hesitant to come out but could potentially inspire so many people if they did? And there are no exceptions to that rule, and that’s the kind of religion that I want to be a part of. Certainly, it was distilled into this idea that you treat everyone the way you want to be treated. The way my parents always dealt with that was… (Laughs) I suppose we weren’t the most devout Catholics in that way. How did you and your family reconcile religion with the gay “brothers and sisters” you grew up with? It might surprise some people that you grew up in an open-minded environment. I feel sad for those who weren’t given that opportunity as a child, but I think those patterns of thinking can be unlearned, and I think that’s what’s happening. And so I feel really grateful that I was raised with the mentality of being an open-hearted and accepting individual. I’m like, “Everybody fuckin’ get on board already! Relax!”īut it’s such an exciting time. To me, it’s about being accepting of an idea that we’re all the same community it’s almost like, I can’t believe we’re still having the conversation. I never even thought twice about it until I got older and realized that that wasn’t the norm – it wasn’t everyone’s experience to have an open-hearted and accepting family unit toward a community they weren’t necessarily a part of. Growing up, my mom had a lot of gay friends, and so people in the gay community were, essentially, big brothers and sisters to me all my life. I’m so proud that it brings either comfort or anything helpful to anybody out there.Īs an ally, how and when did you become so passionate about LGBT rights? So, I’m so grateful that the song has taken on a life of its own and is speaking to a message that I deeply, deeply believe in. guitarist) Jack Antonoff and all the incredible advocacy work he does in the gay community. I wrote it as a love letter to a friend who was struggling with coming out as an adult, and it was such an intimate story. It’s still hard for me to understand the impact the song is having. How do you react to stories like the one from the Boston restaurant manager? During the chat, she recalled growing up around her gay “big brothers and sisters,” and also shared her thoughts on whether celebrities should come out, why she can’t be anything other than herself and her hope for females in pop music. ![]() In a recent interview with Bareilles, the lovable singer-songwriter opened up about another longtime passion of hers: LGBT advocacy. The hug-friendly fan, then, would certainly be happy to know that Bareilles has new music her latest, “What’s Inside: Songs From Waitress,” is a mix of previously unheard tracks and songs Bareilles wrote for the film-turned-Broadway musical “Waitress.” The urge to give the “Gravity” singer a big squeeze is, of course, unavoidable – she’s like a friend, and her voice has literally saved lives (in her newly-released memoir, “Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song,” Bareilles tells the story of a fan whose suicide attempt was thwarted when her song “Hold My Heart” came on the radio). “As a teen growing up in Oklahoma,” Bareilles recalls him telling her while they hugged, “thank you for your music.” ![]() Inspired by her empowering anthem “Brave,” this particular young fella, she says, felt compelled to express his gratitude. Sara Bareilles was enjoying a bite at a Boston restaurant recently, and on her way out, the manager stopped her. ![]()
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