I think that I have come at it backwards in a way because a lot of what I'm doing as a songwriter… — Mirah Copy Share Image
There is a very palpable difference for me between some of my earlier songs and where my later work has gone. If… — Mirah Copy Share Image
I do feel songwriting is a bit of its own creature and the writerliness of it...it's freeing. It's good for people who… — Mirah Copy Share Image
I do experience something pretty commonly with every song; there's some moment where it clicks into its own life with its own… — Mirah Copy Share Image
Writing a song is almost like cheating-writing because you don't have to finish your sentences, you don't have to use any punctuation,… — Mirah Copy Share Image
I'm a terrible sentence finisher. I think that's why I'm a songwriter. When you write a song, there are no rules, and… — Mirah Copy Share Image
The music goes into people in a totally different way than words. There's air, there's the sound of words, there's touch, there's… — Mirah Copy Share Image
I'm doing more deep listening, which is part of the role or job of the songwriter. I think with a lot of… — Mirah Copy Share Image
I think some modesty actually serves me by just accepting that I am an instrument. I'm not trying to match up to… — Mirah Copy Share Image
That's my goal, is to stay in a truthful place. And sometimes that means writing a silly song, or singing about sex… — Mirah Copy Share Image
I know that a lot of songwriters write about a break up. It's a really popular topic. I think heartbreak is the… — Mirah Copy Share Image
I do notice that my songs fit all over the map, even in terms of the colloquialisms in them. The songs come… — Mirah Copy Share Image
So when you're talking about lyrics in the context of music, it's not just about what the words mean, and what you… — Mirah Copy Share Image
You're born and then you're on your own, you start having relationships, you're developing relationships to the world and your wider community, and then… — Mirah Copy Share
What I try to communicate is that there's a lot of crossover between that feeling of romantic heartbreak and this devastating feeling of knowing… — Mirah Copy Share
Writing a song is almost like cheating-writing because you don't have to finish your sentences, you don't have to use any punctuation, no one's… — Mirah Copy Share
I just write about what comes up. Sometimes you're thinking about Palestine, and sometimes you're thinking about sex. People have a lot going on. — Mirah Copy Share
I think that I have come at it backwards in a way because a lot of what I'm doing as a songwriter is not… — Mirah Copy Share
I think that there is a purity aesthetic, like "I just make art because I'm an artist and I can't help it. I don't… — Mirah Copy Share
My identity is mostly as a songwriter and lyricist and singer. I also have a lot of production ideas but I have my own… — Mirah Copy Share
Sometimes I joke around that if I weren't a musician, I would be a power lifter. I don't think people expect it from me… — Mirah Copy Share
I'm a terrible sentence finisher. I think that's why I'm a songwriter. When you write a song, there are no rules, and I think… — Mirah Copy Share
I definitely enjoy working within different contexts, with different collaborators, and in different locations. I need to keep feeding myself as an artist by… — Mirah Copy Share
That's my goal, is to stay in a truthful place. And sometimes that means writing a silly song, or singing about sex or singing… — Mirah Copy Share
So when you're talking about lyrics in the context of music, it's not just about what the words mean, and what you were thinking… — Mirah Copy Share
I identify as being an independent artist. I think people often forget that Indie is actually short for independent. For me, the word has… — Mirah Copy Share
