Quotes from Sarah McLachlan

I think I've become a much better singer and a much better player. Years and years of playing a couple of hours every day will do that.

Your love is just the antidote when nothing else can cure me.

Cause I rely on my illusions, to keep me warm at night. I've denied in my capacity to love, and I am willing to give up this fight

I don't think about what other people want from me.

I think sometimes all you need is to hear someone else say the same thing that you're going through to realize that you're not alone. I try to put some sense of hope into the songs, into whatever the situation is so that it's not just dirt, drudgery and a life of misery.

Time is a beautiful thing. It's like when you meet an old lover on the street six years later and they don't look so ugly anymore.

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

The more we take, the less we become.

I feel like I really tapped into a pretty honest emotional place for myself as a lyricist. There's a broad spectrum of emotions.

I was put out there as a spokesperson for the new feminist revolution. It was very difficult because I was either too feminist or not feminist enough, depending on who you spoke to.

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

I didn't get hugely famous really quick. It was a slow, gradual process, so I was able to sort of grow into myself and figure out who I was and what I wanted without the glaring spotlight on me telling me who I was.

I'm a great mummy. I've mapped out all the fun spots in every city.

I kind of have a happy magnet. I can't stand being depressed, so I work my ass off to get out of it as soon as possible.

The more we take the less we become, the fortune of one man means less for some.

There's nothing particularly unique about my experiences except that they're my experiences.

Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates.

We showed the industry that female artists could attract the same audiences as the big male stars.

With every record I put out, I got a bit more success, a bigger following in cities I would play in, and occasionally a bit of radio play.

I was 17 years old and in my first band, and we played at the university. I was kind of a gawky, unpopular teenager and there was about 400 people smiling and dancing to what we were doing.

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'll talk to any stranger about everything. I'm not guarded.

For me, that's one of the best validations as an artist. To have a stranger come up to you and say that something you've created and put out there in the world has had some sort of impact on other people's lives.

I'm not online. I'm not on Facebook much. I don't connect that way.