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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. "
Sarah McLachlan
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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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" On becoming a mother, I sort of feel like every kid is my kid. I really do get that sense in a much more profound way that we all are a global community and we all have to band to try and give the children of our this generation whatever tools we can to go out into this world and try and make it a better place. "
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" When I sing, it's just... comfort is a stupid word, but it is. "
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" Change and growth is so painful. But it's so necessary for us to evolve. "
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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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" I'm not one to sit and wallow - I would rather figure out a way around so I can move past it and be at peace with things. I don't like bad feelings gnawing away at me. "
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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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" 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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" Deadlines are meant to be broken. And I just keep breaking them. "
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" I've heard myself referred to as a quiet superstar, and I don't quite know what that means. "
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" Trying to force creativity is never good. "
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" I was very awkward as a kid. I was a square trying to fit into a circle and it never worked for me. The harder I tried, the harder I fell. For some reason I was a real target and I got beat up and called names. "
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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 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. "
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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. "
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" I don't tend to question things that much. If it feels right, I go for it. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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