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" I'm for gay marriage, because I'm for gay divorce. "
Melissa Etheridge
Divorce
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" I have always loved Broadway. "
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" On the road, as a 'rock star,' there's superficial attention and adulation is thrown at you for a couple of hours - then you're alone in your room and it's lonely. "
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" All men, and women, and everything in between are created equal. "
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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 always tell people I'm grateful for my cancer diagnosis because it was the greatest gift because it completely changed my life. I was able to stop and let my whole life and world just crash over me like a wave. And I stood there and went, 'Wow.' And for the first time, I stopped everything. I had to. "
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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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" I'm exploring the maturity, the wisdom that just comes from having gone around the sun 50 times. My experience is, 'Oh, I'm never really going to get it right. I'm never going to get it done. But that's not the point here.' The point is the journey. "
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" I definitely feel we're moving forward. There's a lot more understanding... there's less fear and we're working on there being less hatred. "
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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 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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" When I grew up, there were no songs about gay people. "
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" I'm one of those people that will say, 'My cancer was a gift.' "
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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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" 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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" Don't let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. Be what you feel. "
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" Once I overcame breast cancer, I wasn't afraid of anything anymore. "
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" Gay people are born everyday. You will never legislate that away. "
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" I would never say I had a bad childhood at all. "
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" When you realize that we're the spirit that's in our bodies and our bodies are like the vehicles that take us around, you realize that you have to take care of that body. "
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" We all want to judge; it's an intrinsic part of our society and human nature. I'm not surprised that talent shows are hits, but I'm glad some of them aren't so brutal. "
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