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" I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and I want to give 100 percent to everything. "
Sarah McLachlan
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" There's beauty everywhere. There are amazing things happening everywhere, you just have to be able to open your eyes and witness it. Some days, that's harder than others. "
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" In a sense, I'm always hearing music of some sort, whether it's people talking or surface noise or whatever, because there is no privacy. So when I'm by myself, I just kind of like to be and reflect, and I can't do that when I'm listening to music. Because it's someone else's reflections, not mine. "
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" I'll talk to any stranger about everything. I'm not guarded. "
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" It's a big challenge for me to keep my integrity and some of my privacy intact. "
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" Deadlines are meant to be broken. And I just keep breaking them. "
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Broken
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" There's no reason for anybody to jump out of bushes to take pictures of me. I'm not doing anything exciting. "
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" Music gave me a sense that I was worthwhile and that I had something of value to offer the world even though everybody was telling me that I didn't. "
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" The darker and the sadder the song, the happier it makes me feel. It's just this, ah. I'm in the moment. I'm part of this beautiful world, and it's fantastic, and I don't really know how else to describe it. "
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" Nothing outside of my child is important. "
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Child
Important
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" I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from. "
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" I think... I'm perceived as an everyperson. There is no pedestal. I'm no different from anybody else. "
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I Think
Different
" I've learned to trust myself, to listen to truth, to not be afraid of it and to not try and hide it. "
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Listen
" I've been so busy I haven't had a chance to go crazy. I don't party like I used to. "
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Chance
Busy
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" I don't think about what other people want from me. "
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Me
Think
" I'm really lucky that my record companies have been patient with me and leave me alone and give me the time to make it right in my mind. "
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Time
Patient
Mind
" I feel like I really tapped into a pretty honest emotional place for myself as a lyricist. There's a broad spectrum of emotions. "
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Feel
Honest
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" 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. "
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" I think a lot of contemplation happens in bathtubs. It does for me. Nothing like a hot bath to ease the tension and think about what's going to happen next. "
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Me
Nothing
" 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. "
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" Half the bloody world is going through a divorce; more than that are having children. All of us have parents who are dying or have died. It's just the life cycle. "
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Children
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" The first gig we ever played was in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where I'm from. I was in a band called the October Game, and we opened up for a Vancouver band. "
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" It's all kind of a big illusion: the white picket fence and the perfect marriage and the kids. Check that box off, check that box off, and move forward. "
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" When I sing, it's just... comfort is a stupid word, but it is. "
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" 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. "
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