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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 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've been so busy I haven't had a chance to go crazy. I don't party like I used to. "

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

Sarah McLachlan

Road

Out

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 'Time after Time' is one of the best pop songs ever written, in my opinion. It's an incredible, beautiful, timeless song. "

" I think I've become a much better singer and a much better player. Years and years of playing a couple of hours every day will do that. "

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

Sarah McLachlan

Take

Become

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

" It's all kind of a big illusion: the white picket fence and the perfect marriage and the kids. Check that box off, check that box off, and move forward. "

" I don't court paparazzi. I definitely don't like that part of it. "

Sarah McLachlan

Part

Definitely

" I can look back over my earlier music, and it takes me back to the place I was emotionally. "

Sarah McLachlan

I Can

Back

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Trying to force creativity is never good. "

" Nothing outside of my child is important. "

" 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. "

" I don't like bad feelings gnawing away at me. "

Sarah McLachlan

Gnawing

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 don't think about what other people want from me. "

Sarah McLachlan

Want

Think

" 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. "

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

Sarah McLachlan

Life

Music

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

" I'm not online. I'm not on Facebook much. I don't connect that way. "

" 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 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. "