There's beauty everywhere. There are amazing things happening everywhere, you just have to be able to open your eyes and witness it. Some days, that's harder than others.
Sarah McLachlan
Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates.
The more we take the less we become, the fortune of one man means less for some.
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.
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.
People's ignorance really pisses me off. Stupidity is when you can't help it -ignorance is when you choose not to understand something.
Deadlines are meant to be broken. And I just keep breaking them.
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.
Change and growth is so painful. But it's so necessary for us to evolve.
I think a lot of contemplation happens in bathtubs. It does for me. Nothing like a hot bath to ease the tension and think about what's going to happen next.
They are very personal, emotional songs - people react to them very strongly.
We try to create this interesting appearance to make ourselves feel better about ourselves.
Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult.
It's an amazing luxury to say I'm 31 years old and I'm gonna take a year off. That's pretty amazing.
I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.
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.
I'm a great mummy. I've mapped out all the fun spots in every city.
I was 17 years old and in my first band, and we played at the university. I was kind of a gawky, unpopular teenager and there was about 400 people smiling and dancing to what we were doing.
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.
I don't like bad feelings gnawing away at me.
I was put out there as a spokesperson for the new feminist revolution. It was very difficult because I was either too feminist or not feminist enough, depending on who you spoke to.
I've learned to trust myself, to listen to truth, to not be afraid of it and to not try and hide it.
I've heard myself referred to as a quiet superstar, and I don't quite know what that means.
It's a big challenge for me to keep my integrity and some of my privacy intact.
Surfing is my passion because I love being active on the water.
The first gig we ever played was in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where I'm from. I was in a band called the October Game, and we opened up for a Vancouver band.
There's nothing particularly unique about my experiences except that they're my experiences.
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.
Trying to force creativity is never good.
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.
I've been so busy I haven't had a chance to go crazy. I don't party like I used to.
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.
There's no reason for anybody to jump out of bushes to take pictures of me. I'm not doing anything exciting.
My music and my lyrics are essentially emotional postcards.
I try so hard to live in the moment - I don't think ahead very much.
Music gave me a sense that I was worthwhile and that I had something of value to offer the world even though everybody was telling me that I didn't.
I don't tend to question things that much. If it feels right, I go for it.
I don't think about what other people want from me.
I go out on the road for much longer than I probably should and lose more of myself than I should.
I play piano every day.
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.
I was a pretty insecure kid, didn't have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence.
I write music all the time. When I talk about having writer's block, it's more to do with lyrics than anything else.
I'm not a media darling. I'm not on the cover of all these magazines. I just quietly do my thing.
I'm really lucky that my record companies have been patient with me and leave me alone and give me the time to make it right in my mind.
I've always been incredibly lucky that the music that I make, other people like it.
It's a very romantic sentiment, but to think that you would die if you didn't write, well, I would definitely choose to not write and live.
Nothing outside of my child is important.
Water is very forgiving. Everything lifts in water.
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