Quotes from Rachel Platten

I love Kelly Clarkson's message, and I've heard comparisons to P!nk.

I used to visit London when I was younger with my family. I feel very close to the city.

In general, I think the world is a good place if you work hard, believe in yourself, have good intentions, and if you are kind to people, I believe that good things happen to you.

It used to break my heart that I didn't get to start in varsity soccer!

I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.

I'm so grateful that anyone has connected with my songs, let alone millions of people.

I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.

I had my first concert in front of 80,000 people at the International Soca Monarch Finals.

Lyrics are very important to me. I like speaking to women and saying what I mean.

Music truly heals, and I am so grateful to have learned that through Musicians on Call.

My mom is a therapist, and my dad has a doctorate in psychology, and growing up, I felt 'very understood.'

I think my best friend is dry shampoo and dry texturizer spray.

I think you find universal truth when you get really honest with yourself and you can reach people. If you go deep enough, you have that core feeling, and that feeling can transcend the details of your experience.

There are a lot of people who give you the message that maybe you are not good enough, and the best thing you can do for yourself is to block out all of that noise.

Food-wise, oh man, I tend to really indulge on vacation because a lot of my friends are incredible chefs. One friend makes an eggplant parmesan that is heavenly and melts in your mouth, and another makes a chocolate pudding that I can't resist.

I think what people respond to, and what they're responding to so strongly, is I'm very myself on stage. What you see in person is very much who I am on stage.

I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.

I work extremely hard to stay positive and happy. But I get sad and anxious, too, just like everyone.

I do think that the fear mentality - of scarcity - comes from within.