All the broken hearts in the world still beat Ingrid Michaelson More Quotes by Ingrid Michaelson More Quotes From Ingrid Michaelson I love you more than I could ever promise because you take me the way I am. Ingrid Michaelson i-love-you-more valentines-day promise If you wait for someone else's hand, you will surely fall down. Ingrid Michaelson waiting hands fall There's something about having an artistic outlet that is so important to the human mind and development. It's as important as any other subject in school. I think it should be mandatory. It's part of our genetic makeup. Ingrid Michaelson makeup school thinking Music to me is something that I didn't choose; it was a necessity. I grew up with music, my father is a musician. It makes me happy; it makes people happy. Ingrid Michaelson musician father people When I said I was born a feminist, I was born thinking woman are equal to men, if not stronger than men. That's the way I always was. Ingrid Michaelson feminist men thinking I've never been one to get up on a soapbox and preach. I just live my life the way I live my life. Ingrid Michaelson soapbox living-my-life way Happy is the Heart that still feels Pain Ingrid Michaelson pain heart feels It should be like a driver's license - no one can have an Instagram until they're 18. It's the wild, wild west, the internet. Ingrid Michaelson instagram internet west What you see online isn't real. How many likes you get on Instagram doesn't have any bearing on how good of a person you are, how good your heart is. It's all for fun; it shouldn't affect you so deeply. Ingrid Michaelson real heart fun I didn't grow up in a naked household, but nudity was not a taboo thing. My mother was an artist and there were naked sculptures and paintings all over the place. Ingrid Michaelson growing-up artist mother For as long as we can trace back human life, there's always been some sort of music - ceremonies, rituals. It's part of the human makeup. Ingrid Michaelson human-life makeup long The older I get, the more I realize I'm becoming people's role models and that's freaky to me. That's not what you intend to do when you set out to be a musician, to be a little 14-year-old's role model. Ingrid Michaelson role-models people years Kids can be cruel enough as it is, but cyber bullying or you're on Instagram and see your friends are all somewhere and you're not there. Then it's like, "Why am I not there?" Girls are using apps to change the way their faces look so the look quote-unquote perfect and beautiful. I feel like kids these days, it's gotta be just a big ball of anxiety. Ingrid Michaelson bullying girl beautiful Some of the songs I wanted to be really full, [but] there's something to be said for just a voice and a guitar Ingrid Michaelson guitar voice song That sounds really simplistic, but if I'm in an enclosed space, or my apartment, and I live very close to a park - there's something about being outside and being near things that are green. Ingrid Michaelson green space sound My mother passed away, my marriage ended, and I moved. Those are some pretty big things to let go of. But I find that if you hold on to something too tightly, you strangle it and yourself. If you don't let go, and let things go through you, it's toxic - physically. Ingrid Michaelson toxic mother letting-go I think kids who have music in their lives are more focused. They have better attention spans. They excel more in their studies. They have a better sense of self-esteem and self-worth. Ingrid Michaelson self-worth self-esteem kids I try to keeps things pretty light, try to make people laugh. I find it difficult to keep trying to promote myself. I know that's the whole point of it, to promote my music, but I like to use it to be funny and silly. Ingrid Michaelson light silly people Maybe I think you're cute and funny. Maybe I wanna do what bunnies do with you, if you know what I mean. Ingrid Michaelson valentines-day cute mean Have you ever thought about what protects our hearts? Ingrid Michaelson cutting simple heart
