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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. "

Sarah McLachlan

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" Having the opportunity to express myself through music has been extremely cathartic for me my entire life. "

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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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" 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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" Change and growth is so painful. But it's so necessary for us to evolve. "

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" Music is very nebulous, and you can conjure up a lot of moods with music. But lyrics - they're a lot more tangible. They're much more specific. And you want to say something meaningful and creative and artistic and that tells a story and that takes people someplace else. "

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" I'll answer anything... I'm brutally honest, actually, which gets me in trouble. "

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

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" I have the ability, no matter what's going on in my life, to find something - my cup is always half full. "

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" Running is very rhythmic, and I have written a lot of lyrics while out running. It's a very musical exercise, and sometimes I like to sing when I run. Your whole body is doing the same thing. "

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