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" I kind of thought when I was 30 that you're as good as your going to get. And that's not true. "
Melissa Etheridge
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" I have found that I'm just political just by being who I am. "
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" I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice to have your dad go, 'Hey Melissa, I'm proud of you - you're doing good.' "
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" My kids and I love to listen to Bill Cosby. "
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" I would never say I had a bad childhood at all. "
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" I don't have a bucket list because it is my dedication to live every day of my life there. I don't have a bucket list because I'm doing it that day. I don't want to go to bed and say, 'Oh, I wish I had done this.' "
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" I'm so close to Heaven, this Hell cannot be mine. "
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" I believed in Obama for social issues. I believe he brought our nation together and healed our racial divide. Martin Luther King's dream came true when he was elected. That's huge. "
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" Once I overcame breast cancer, I wasn't afraid of anything anymore. "
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" In country music, there are certain female artists, like Gretchen Wilson, where you're going to find lesbians because they're responding to that more aggressive side. "
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" I have always loved Broadway. "
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" Love is never wrong. "
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" Don't let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. Be what you feel. "
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" There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also. "
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" I've worked since I was 11 years old, playing music and following the dream, and shaking and moving and doing it. And then, you have cancer and it was like 'Ooooohh.' It was like a big eraser. It was the only thing in my life that had ever made me just stop. "
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" There's a point when your tape of life runs off the reel and there's this stillness of your own - I got to know myself. "
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" What people don't get is that hair is such a big part of our identity. "
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" When you grow up in one town and your life revolves around it, you are very aware of any darkness on the edge of town. That's because it's scary and it's inviting. "
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" I've sold my soul for freedom. It's lonely but it's sweet. "
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" My ultimate joy and happiness is being a wife and mother. "
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" Cancer's like the ultimate excuse. Who's gonna say, 'Oh, no, you have to show up for this one?' 'Hey, I got cancer. I can't be there.' It's the ultimate eraser. "
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" I'm for gay marriage, because I'm for gay divorce. "
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" I'm not one for big public displays of affection, anyway. Straight, gay, whatever. "
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" Our great Constitution challenges us to grow constantly. "
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" People ask me, 'Is being a parent the be-all, end-all?' And I say, 'Oh, it definitely is up to the person, and it is difficult, it can be very difficult, and it can be extremely healing.' That's what I have found, that the children are mirrors. Everyone is a mirror, but children especially because they're day and night and all day long. "
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" Video is a funny thing. It's one thing to be an artist, singer-songwriter, and use words and create pictures in people's minds. And then be asked to do video for it, to actually give a certain visual for your song. "
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" The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs. "
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" I have days when I say, 'I'm going to have five chocolate chip cookies today.' I'll have a salad every day but every week I have a cheat day. "
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