Quotes from Sarah McLachlan

Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult.

I was trying to uphold what I thought feminism was as best I could by supporting women, by trying to create an opportunity to get women to get together, play music together and celebrate the fact that we are having great success making music on our own and together.

I have a full life: I have two amazing kids, I have great friends, great family. And right now, that's plenty for me to manage. A new relationship just seems like way too much work.

We're constantly being told what other people think we are, and that's why it is so important to know yourself.

If you only try to please others, you're going to resent those people you're trying to please; the ones who are often closest to you. If you choose a path that you yourself want to take, then you're going to be much kinder to the people in your life.

I will be the answer at the end of the line. I will be there for you. Why take the time? In the burning of uncertainty, I will be your solid ground. I, I will hold the balance if you can't look down. If it takes my whole life, I won't break. I won't bend. It will all be worth it, worth it in the end because I can only tell you what I know, that I need you in my life. When the stars have all gone out you'll still be burning so bright.

Deep within I'm shaken by the violence of existing for only you...

Oh darkness, I feel like letting go.

All the fear has left me now, I'm not frightened anymore. It's my heart that pounds beneath my flesh, it's my mouth that pushes out this breath.

Hold on...Hold on to yourself. This is going to hurt like hell.

The night is my companion, and solitude my guide

I threw bitter tears at the ocean, but all that came back was the tide.

Listen as the wind blows From across the great divide Voices trapped in yearning Memories trapped in time

If you love large, you've got to hurt large. If you've got a lot of light, you've probably got an equal amount of darkness.

'Time after Time' is one of the best pop songs ever written, in my opinion. It's an incredible, beautiful, timeless song.

On becoming a mother, I sort of feel like every kid is my kid. I really do get that sense in a much more profound way that we all are a global community and we all have to band to try and give the children of our this generation whatever tools we can to go out into this world and try and make it a better place.

Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult. I blamed myself for a lot of things. It took me a very long time to get over it.

I've always been incredibly lucky that the music that I make, other people like it.

If you love large, you've got to hurt large. If you've got a lot of light, you've probably got an equal amount of darkness.

Your love is better than chocolate. Better than anything else that I've tried.

Every time I'm close to you, there's too much I can't say, and you just walk away. And I forgot to tell you I love you.

Through this world I've stumbled, so many times betrayed, trying to find an honest word, to find the truth enslaved.

And music has always been incredibly cathartic for me, whether it's writing my own stuff or singing other people's music; it's very freeing.

I'm so afraid to love you, But more afraid to lose. Clinging to a past that doesn't let me chose.