28 Quotes by Ingrid Michaelson

You call me a mountain, and I call you the sea. I’ll stand tall and certain and watch you swallow me.

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.

Sometimes to move forward you have to let go. I figured that out through opening myself up, allowing people into my creative process. It allowed me to write songs that surprised me, and in fact, inspired me.

Baby you’ve got these sort of hands to rip me apart. And baby you’ve got this sort of face to start this old heart. But your eyes are warning me this early morning that my loves too big for you my love.

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.

I’ve never been one to get up on a soapbox and preach. I just live my life the way I live my life.

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.

When you’re writing with someone else it helps you think of things you never would’ve thought of.

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.