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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. "
Melissa Etheridge
Music
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" I'm not one for big public displays of affection, anyway. Straight, gay, whatever. "
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" Once I overcame breast cancer, I wasn't afraid of anything anymore. "
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" There are many plant medicines that are available to us that have a lot of stigma around them that I hope, in the future, our medical community can look at, because I would absolutely go to those alternatives first before I went back to Western medicine. "
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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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" I'm so close to Heaven, this Hell cannot be mine. "
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" I have a very strong opinions about health and our responsibility to our own health, and I will always say what I feel. "
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" I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song. "
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" The subject and the reality of having children came at the height of my career. "
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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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" 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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" What people don't get is that hair is such a big part of our identity. "
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" All men, and women, and everything in between are created equal. "
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" My ultimate joy and happiness is being a wife and mother. "
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" I have always loved Broadway. "
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" I think being a parent is knowing how to love. Sometimes love is discipline, sometimes it's humor, sometimes it's listening. "
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" I think I've been on a path ever since I was born, a path of high stress. I put myself, my career, it was a big old juicy carrot right in front of me for all of my life. "
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" Gay people are born everyday. You will never legislate that away. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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've been a rock star since you were very young. But I've never encountered anything as powerful as cancer. "
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