Quotes from Rachel Platten

No matter what, I still was gonna make music, even if it was on a small scale. Even if it was just for me.

The adventurer in me would love to visit Patagonia, Chile.

I have volunteered for Musicians on Call for the past 12 years because of the incredible one-on-one experiences in hospital rooms when no one other than the patient and I would remember the love that was exchanged.

Even if the songs are at times painful - 'cause some of the songs are not all roses and balloons; some of them dig into deep things that I've been going through - there's a joy that I think people feel from my music and, hopefully, from my performance because I am so in love with doing what I do.

I want to continue to remain present and grateful each day that I get to be doing what I love. Making and performing music I believe in.

It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.

If I wake up in the middle of the night and have an idea, I want to go to my computer and be able to do it. So I hired someone at Guitar Center to come over to my house and teach me Logic music program, and I learned it over a couple months.

I get really excited about other female acts. I feel inspired when I see another women succeeding in music because it makes me realize that if they can do it, I can do it.

I've always sung in choirs and acapella groups, but when I was in college, I finally started writing songs and playing with a band, and that ignited a desire to do it full time and pour everything I had into it.

I'm one of those people at the airport holding a pillow like a little kid.

My friends and family have always been extremely supportive, but the support I've received from fans has been so overwhelming. I love hearing all of their 'Fight Song' stories; I have been so inspired by so many of them.

I like to be supportive and a role model.

I love helping friends, and I like to think I am a good listener and supportive. I'm also just kind of nosy, so it would satisfy my need to know other people's stories.

When I got on stage, I felt this bolt of electricity hit me, and it was this shock of, 'This is exactly what I'm supposed to do with my life.'

There's this misconception in the industry that you might have to go a little lighter or skate on the surface in order to reach people - and then in your second album, you get to tell who you are.

I don't worry about money because I no longer have the fear mentality that I won't be provided for.

I have learned that the fear and discomfort around there not being enough money is internal.

Though I played classical piano since age 5 and sang in a cappella groups, being an artist didn't seem like something I was talented enough to do full time. So I kind of buried that dream.

Vocally, I have learned to find my strength, and my voice has developed a lot since 'Be Here.' I learned to sing with all of my body.

Wherever I go, people are so kind and so lovely and so warm and show their best self. So I feel very lucky.

I used to imagine working as a White House staffer some day, so it was pretty amazing to be there... realizing another dream.

I think, like any artist, those baby songs are not the best things you've ever written, but they count because they're you're first attempts at creating art and expressing yourself.

I'm a fighter, and I don't take no for an answer.

I learned that I truly am a fighter and that I cannot give up.