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" I think... I'm perceived as an everyperson. There is no pedestal. I'm no different from anybody else. "
Sarah McLachlan
Pedestal
I Think
Different
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" I like the idea that we build up these walls or rules or laws to maintain our reality, and when they fall away, you're left with a whole bunch of illusions. Smoke and mirrors. "
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" If I had to pick one song for me that sort of quintessentially summed me up, it would be 'Angel.' Without fail, I absolutely love singing it. "
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" I've never dieted in my life; I like food too much. I'm just thoughtful about what I eat, and I'm lucky that I love the taste of vegetables. I'm certainly not 'actress skinny,' and I never will be. I'm strong, and my body works great for me. "
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" I was a pretty insecure kid, didn't have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence. "
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" 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. "
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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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" I don't like bad feelings gnawing away at me. "
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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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" 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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" We showed the industry that female artists could attract the same audiences as the big male stars. "
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" We are in an age of technology where we sit in our little cubicles and we IM each other and Skype each other and never connect as human beings. "
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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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Life
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" I'll answer anything... I'm brutally honest, actually, which gets me in trouble. "
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Anything
Honest
" 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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" I'm not online. I'm not on Facebook much. I don't connect that way. "
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" The more we take the less we become, the fortune of one man means less for some. "
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Take
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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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" When you're making music or playing a song, I find the moments when there are no instruments being played even stronger than when they are being played. Because they add tension. It's also an ego-less thing - a place where you have no ego - when you're with a bunch of musicians who stop and listen instead. "
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Ego
Moments
Song
" They are very personal, emotional songs - people react to them very strongly. "
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" Water is very forgiving. Everything lifts in water. "
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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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" My music and my lyrics are essentially emotional postcards. "
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" 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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" With every record I put out, I got a bit more success, a bigger following in cities I would play in, and occasionally a bit of radio play. "
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" I'd much rather be in the expanse of the wilderness because it feels like part of my world. It's a unique perspective. You're this tiny speck in a huge environment, and it's nice to be reminded of that. "
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" I've been a fan of old country music, like Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline. I think I'm drawn to it because of the sense of sadness and sort of loss that a lot of good old country music has. "
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" 'Time after Time' is one of the best pop songs ever written, in my opinion. It's an incredible, beautiful, timeless song. "
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" I don't court paparazzi. I definitely don't like that part of it. "
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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'm not a media darling. I'm not on the cover of all these magazines. I just quietly do my thing. "
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