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I feel like I have some stuff that matches 'Fight Song,' not in necessarily the message exactly but in the emotion and honesty.
Written by Rachel Platten
When I wrote 'Fight Song,' I was in a particular low point. I needed to remind myself to not give up, that I still believed in myself and that I still had fight left.
Written by Rachel Platten
I had my first concert in front of 80,000 people at the International Soca Monarch Finals.
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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.'
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I played cover gigs and traveled the country in my mom's old car, and my drummer and I set up a fake email and sent it out to agents. We pretended to be our own agent.
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Andy Grammer is probably the closest friend I have in the music industry, so touring with him was just incredible. He's such a soulful, kind guy, and he gives great advice. And he also scares me a lot. He does a lot of pranks.
Written by Rachel Platten
I learned a lot from playing those late-night, 1-to-4 A.M. gigs with my band, and playing when no one was listening.
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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.
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I have a song about being in love. I have a song about being supportive. There's inspiring ones, and there's some that show a little bit more fun and daring. It really is a range of who I am.
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I learned that I truly am a fighter and that I cannot give up.
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No matter what, I still was gonna make music, even if it was on a small scale. Even if it was just for me.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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I used to visit London when I was younger with my family. I feel very close to the city.
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I used to feel it was too late for me; I'd had my shot. You couldn't make a pop star out of me.
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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.
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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.
Written by Rachel Platten
I've been doing this career for a really long time, but there was not a lot of reason, at the time when I wrote 'Fight Song,' to believe that I should keep going.
Written by Rachel Platten
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.
Written by Rachel Platten
I love Kelly Clarkson's message, and I've heard comparisons to P!nk.
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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.
Written by Rachel Platten
I got a little bit lost in the writing process: like, that moment in the 'Fight Song' music video where I'm throwing the crumpled paper on the bed, that was really true life. I was filling journals with different possibilities of lyrics for the first verse. And none of them felt right.
Written by Rachel Platten
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.
Written by Rachel Platten
I cannot believe that I get a tour bus. I've been traveling in a van for 15 years. I used to look at people who were on buses and be like, 'Whoa, man, some day.'
Written by Rachel Platten
I wrote my first song when I was six or seven, a silly little song. But I used to write poems in high school - not songs.
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I'm a big yogi.
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I feel crazy that me sticking with my dreams actually worked. It's wild and incredible.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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I do a lot of visualisations and meditation and a lot of hippie stuff.
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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.
Written by Rachel Platten
'Stand By You' is about sticking by the person you love not only when things are easy, but being there for them during trials and letting them know they aren't alone.
Written by Rachel Platten

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