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" 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. "

Sarah McLachlan

World

Best

Impact

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" I go out on the road for much longer than I probably should and lose more of myself than I should. "

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Road

Out

" It's a very romantic sentiment, but to think that you would die if you didn't write, well, I would definitely choose to not write and live. "

" My music and my lyrics are essentially emotional postcards. "

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

" 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. "

Sarah McLachlan

Failure

Myself

" 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. "

" I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and I want to give 100 percent to everything. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

Sarah McLachlan

Slow

Process

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's an amazing luxury to say I'm 31 years old and I'm gonna take a year off. That's pretty amazing. "

" I've heard myself referred to as a quiet superstar, and I don't quite know what that means. "

" 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. "

" There are women in every genre having a lot of success. Why not celebrate that? "

" I sort of feel like music saved my life when I was young. This is the one thing that I knew I was good at. "

" 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. "

" I was a pretty insecure kid, didn't have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence. "

Sarah McLachlan

Friends

Music

" We try to create this interesting appearance to make ourselves feel better about ourselves. "

" I write music all the time. When I talk about having writer's block, it's more to do with lyrics than anything else. "

" I'm not a media darling. I'm not on the cover of all these magazines. I just quietly do my thing. "

" Water is very forgiving. Everything lifts in water. "

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

Sarah McLachlan

Take

Become

" There's no reason for anybody to jump out of bushes to take pictures of me. I'm not doing anything exciting. "

Sarah McLachlan

Take

Pictures

" 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. "