Writing is my therapy. My feelings build up inside of me and then I sit down and write a song.
Colbie CaillatI didn't want to call and schedule shows or call and make people listen to my music. Luckily, my friends and family really stayed on me and made me put myself out there.
Colbie CaillatTalking with my friends and family every day helps keep me grounded and connected to home. They are the most important things to me.
Colbie CaillatI love 'Breathe' with Taylor (Swift) but I've been performing 'Lucky' with Jason (MRaz) all over the world in the past year so I'm glad that's what won.
Colbie CaillatI try to keep myself busy. I always hang out with my family and friends and my dogs. Go to the beach. Go swimming. Go get exercise. Go on a hike.
Colbie CaillatTaking a song and bringing it to life in a professional recording studio can be an intimidating process at first; I know it certainly was for me. So to be able to offer support and guidance to an emerging singer-songwriter is a huge honor. I look forward to playing a role in such an exciting time of someone's songwriting career.
Colbie CaillatBob Marley is a huge influence. I love reggae music, but I also love the purpose of the songs he writes and the style of the music - it takes your worries away and makes you feel good, and I think that's what music is about.
Colbie CaillatI love to exercise outside in the fresh air and sun: hiking, swimming, stand-up paddleboarding, and jogging.
Colbie CaillatI usually end up falling for one of my really good guy friends because I know everything about them, and you fall in love with their personalities, and it makes them become attractive to you in your eyes.
Colbie CaillatWhenever I'm on tour and I'm in my hotel room and I'm writing and playing my guitar, I go in the bathroom and I record whatever I'm writing in there. It's just what I love to do.
Colbie CaillatI get inspired by what I go through. Experiencing all these different things we all go through like heartache, falling in love, watching a family member or a friend going through [something], and trying to write about it from a different perspective.
Colbie CaillatI like how my body feels when I'm in shape; I love how it feels after I work out each day. Fitting in the clothes I like to wear comfortably and living a healthy lifestyle is important to me.
Colbie CaillatWhat's really cool is to be able to write music and have people around the world [who are] able to relate to it. They tell you that [your] song helped them get through a divorce or they got married to that song. It makes me want to keep doing that for [myself] and for people.
Colbie CaillatWhen I turned 19 I kinda realized that I needed to write my own songs instead of singing songs written by other people.
Colbie CaillatI miss everything about you. Can't believe that I still want youAnd after all the things we've been through.
Colbie CaillatI don't take relationships too seriously, but everyone else seems to. And when you get your heart broken, it's like the end of the world. And I look at it as that was one moment in your life, one chapter. That person helped you grow and figure out what kind of person you want to be with in the future.
Colbie CaillatI think the older you get, the more you know about life, and the more you learn about yourself and you become comfortable in your own skin. So the older I'm getting, the more fun I'm having.
Colbie CaillatWait a second Why should you care what they think of you? When you're all alone, by yourself, do you like you? Do you like you? You don't have to try so hard, you don't have to give it all away, you just have to get up You don't have to change a single thing.
Colbie CaillatSongwriting is like a therapy, it's a connection that you have with another person, and I'm not scared of it at all for some reason.
Colbie CaillatAnd when I perform on my own tour, I have to talk myself into going out on that stage every single night.
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