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" My music and my lyrics are essentially emotional postcards. "
Sarah McLachlan
Postcards
Lyrics
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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 don't court paparazzi. I definitely don't like that part of it. "
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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 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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" Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates. "
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" 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. "
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