Sara Bareilles

If it's to get magazine covers or if it's to get rich, I would really encourage you to do something else because art doesn't have time for that. Because I think creation is a holy act. I think it's sacred work. And I think it's like ministry to take care of the world with making art.

If it's to get magazine covers or if it's to get rich, I would really encourage you to do something else because art doesn't have time for that. Because I think creation is a holy act. I think it's sacred work. And I think it's like ministry to take care of the world with making art.

Totally. I mean, I think more than anything, I just feel a responsibility to show up authentically. Like, I'm someone who... I'm aging naturally. And I might change my mind about that. But I'm like, what does it look like for me to just be, like, to not try to hide the person that I am turning into? I'm not trying to piss anybody off by getting wrinkles on my forehead.

Totally. I mean, I think more than anything, I just feel a responsibility to show up authentically. Like, I'm someone who... I'm aging naturally. And I might change my mind about that. But I'm like, what does it look like for me to just be, like, to not try to hide the person that I am turning into? I'm not trying to piss anybody off by getting wrinkles on my forehead.

Totally. I mean, I think more than anything, I just feel a responsibility to show up authentically. Like, I'm someone who... I'm aging naturally. And I might change my mind about that. But I'm like, what does it look like for me to just be, like, to not try to hide the person that I am turning into? I'm not trying to piss anybody off by getting wrinkles on my forehead.

I'm just, this is what it looks like when you're lucky enough to grow up and lucky enough to get to age. And so I feel like... That's the thing I feel responsibility to, is to keep trying to show up authentically, and I'm not always going to get it right, and it's going to piss people off sometimes, but it really matters to me.

I'm just, this is what it looks like when you're lucky enough to grow up and lucky enough to get to age. And so I feel like... That's the thing I feel responsibility to, is to keep trying to show up authentically, and I'm not always going to get it right, and it's going to piss people off sometimes, but it really matters to me.

I'm just, this is what it looks like when you're lucky enough to grow up and lucky enough to get to age. And so I feel like... That's the thing I feel responsibility to, is to keep trying to show up authentically, and I'm not always going to get it right, and it's going to piss people off sometimes, but it really matters to me.

Sitting in the morning sun I'll be sitting till the evening comes Watching the ships roll in Then I'll watch them roll away again Songwriter and performer Sarah Bareilles.

Sitting in the morning sun I'll be sitting till the evening comes Watching the ships roll in Then I'll watch them roll away again Songwriter and performer Sarah Bareilles.

Sitting in the morning sun I'll be sitting till the evening comes Watching the ships roll in Then I'll watch them roll away again Songwriter and performer Sarah Bareilles.

She spoke with The New Yorker's Rachel Syme. I'm David Remnick, and that's our program for today. I want to close the program and begin the new year by thanking everyone at the Radio Hour and at The New Yorker. And thank you for listening, and a happy new year.

She spoke with The New Yorker's Rachel Syme. I'm David Remnick, and that's our program for today. I want to close the program and begin the new year by thanking everyone at the Radio Hour and at The New Yorker. And thank you for listening, and a happy new year.

She spoke with The New Yorker's Rachel Syme. I'm David Remnick, and that's our program for today. I want to close the program and begin the new year by thanking everyone at the Radio Hour and at The New Yorker. And thank you for listening, and a happy new year.

Wasting time. Now you whistle, ready?

Wasting time. Now you whistle, ready?

Wasting time. Now you whistle, ready?

It's terrible. Keep going.

It's terrible. Keep going.

It's terrible. Keep going.