My own brain. When I get it out of the way, I'm fine. Rachael Yamagata More Quotes by Rachael Yamagata More Quotes From Rachael Yamagata Pain is a huge gift. It can expand you like nothing else. If you can embrace it and sink into it, you'll get to the point where you can bend and transform your experience of it. Having some sort of creative outlet to do that is another gift. Rachael Yamagata embrace pain creative So for those of you falling in love, Rachael Yamagata falling-in-love eye night My breaking heart and I agree, that you and I could never be, so with my best...my very best, I set you free Rachael Yamagata agree heart goodbye I treasure my mornings. I get up early and ignore everything work-related for the first few hours. It's just me and my coffee addiction. Rachael Yamagata up-early coffee morning Everyone is more than what you see on the cover; we all run deep and have our story. Rachael Yamagata stories running Love could solve everything. Rachael Yamagata solve I used to find places in high school and college, empty rooms or spaces with pianos. Instead of going to a party, I'd play alone for hours. It became my buddy. Rachael Yamagata party college school I'm a big believer that there's a reason for everything. I'm a hopeless optimist. Rachael Yamagata hopeless bigs reason There's something about [pain] that excites me. If I'm feeling really awful about something, it's because I haven't experienced it before. There's something I need to learn from it. Rachael Yamagata pain feelings needs As I grow older, what I find interesting is that I get experience with pain, different types of pain, and I start to see the lovely hilarity of life. Things that were once so crushing take on a different essence. I move through it at a faster rate. It's like traveling: it opens my eyes. My process is to allow myself to have it and to not judge myself or the situation too much, and then to create something with it. Rachael Yamagata crush pain moving People who know my music think I'm the most depressed girl on the planet. Rachael Yamagata girl people thinking I wrote my first song when I was twelve on the piano. Rachael Yamagata twelve piano song I'm addicted to the dynamics of relationships whether they be in love, work, between strangers on the streets, or in the world in general. Rachael Yamagata dynamics stranger world Flute was actually my first instrument. I had a year of lessons and then stopped after feeling like I was going to faint all of the time. Rachael Yamagata lessons feelings years Hopefully, my tears are worth something to the outside world. Rachael Yamagata hopefully tears world I wish you health, and more than wealth, I wish you love Rachael Yamagata wealth wish-you wish Writing and performing are to me what water and movement are to sharks. Rachael Yamagata sharks writing water Follow your instincts, and handle all with respect and diplomacy. Rachael Yamagata diplomacy instinct handle In love relationships, there's such intimacy, and the potential to be the most vulnerable and honest and raw with another person. Why can't we have that transparency with everyone in our lives and reach that higher connection? Rachael Yamagata love-relationship connections honest What tries to break us is endlessly fascinating to me. Joy is a whole different game to express. Rachael Yamagata games joy trying