
The MusiCares Foundation offers programs and services, including emergency financial assistance for basic living and medical expenses, for member of the music community.įriday’s MusiCares benefit raised more than $5.5 million for the charity. You can be amazing You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug You can be the outcast Or be the backlash of.

convention center bash.īareilles went into the night nominated for two Grammys, including album of the year for The Blessed Unrest and best pop solo performance for “Brave.” Brave Lyrics by Sara Bareilles from the The Blessed Unrest album - including song video, artist biography, translations and more: You can be amazing You can. Bareilles was also among the performers at the L.A. King, who was named 2014’s MusiCares Person of the Year, was previously honored at a star-studded benefit gala on Friday night. The duo then presented the song of the year Grammy to Lorde for “Royals.” “And what a thrill to see the future of music in such good hands,” King added.Īfter Bareilles’ noted that King won the song of the year Grammy in 1971 for “a timeless song called ‘You’ve Got a Friend,'” King said, “I like her.” “What a thrill to perform with the woman who has been such an inspiration to me,” Bareilles said. Bareilles also jumped up and down and squealed after performing with her icon. Her debut major-label album Little Voice came out on July 17, 2007.After their performance, King blew Bareilles a kiss and they joined each other in front of the pianos, putting their arms around each other. The remainder of the year and early 2006 was spent writing and reworking songs for her upcoming album. She signed a contract with Epic Records' A&R executive Pete Giberga on April 15, 2005. In January 2004, Bareilles released her first studio album, Careful Confessions. She issued two demos of mostly live tracks in 2003: The First One in April and The Summer Sessions in October. You can be amazing You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug You can be the outcast Or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love Or you can start speaking up Nothing's gonna hurt you the way that words do And they settle 'neath your skin Kept on the inside and no sunlight Sometimes a shadow wins But I wonder what would happen if you Say what you wanna say And let the words fall out.

Bareilles was born and raised in Eureka, California, United States.Īfter graduating from UCLA in 2002, Bareilles performed at local bars and clubs. Sara Beth Bareilles (born December 7, 1979) is a Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter and pianist.
