Top 149 Quotes & Sayings by Sarah McLachlan - Page 2

There's no reason for anybody to jump out of bushes to take pictures of me. I'm not doing anything exciting.

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.

There's nothing particularly unique about my experiences except that they're my experiences.

If I had to pick one song for me that sort of quintessentially summed me up, it would be 'Angel.' Without fail, I absolutely love singing it.

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

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.

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

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.

With every record I put out, I got a bit more success, a bigger following in cities I would play in, and occasionally a bit of radio play.

I would love to make my music and be completely anonymous, but that doesn't work. You can't have success and be faceless.

A big part of my love and passion for making music is playing it live.

I have a full life: I have two amazing kids, I have great friends, great family. And right now, that's plenty for me to manage. A new relationship just seems like way too much work.

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.

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'll answer anything... I'm brutally honest, actually, which gets me in trouble.

There are women in every genre having a lot of success. Why not celebrate that?

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.

In a sense, I'm always hearing music of some sort, whether it's people talking or surface noise or whatever, because there is no privacy. So when I'm by myself, I just kind of like to be and reflect, and I can't do that when I'm listening to music. Because it's someone else's reflections, not mine.

I feel like I really tapped into a pretty honest emotional place for myself as a lyricist. There's a broad spectrum of emotions.

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.

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.

On becoming a mother, I sort of feel like every kid is my kid. I really do get that sense in a much more profound way that we all are a global community and we all have to band to try and give the children of our this generation whatever tools we can to go out into this world and try and make it a better place.

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.

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.

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.

I think... I'm perceived as an everyperson. There is no pedestal. I'm no different from anybody else.

Surfing is my passion because I love being active on the water.

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

And it's hard at the end of the day

If I cried me a river of all my confessions, would I drown in my shallow regret?

Hold on...Hold on to yourself. This is going to hurt like hell.

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

If you only try to please others, you're going to resent those people you're trying to please; the ones who are often closest to you. If you choose a path that you yourself want to take, then you're going to be much kinder to the people in your life.

Deep within I'm shaken by the violence of existing for only you.

I pull you from your tower, take away your pain. Show you all the beauty you possess, if you only let yourself believe.

When you wake up everyday Please don't throw your dreams away Hold them close to your heart 'Cause we are all a part of the ordinary miracle

It's easier to believe in this sweet madness, oh this glorious sadness, that brings me to my knees.

Your love is better than chocolate. Better than anything else that I've tried.

Oh darkness, I feel like letting go.

I've got to live my life the way I feel is right for me. Might not be right for you, but it's right for me.

You made my world stand still, and in that stillness, there was a freedom I never felt before.

I'm so tired, but I can't sleep. Standing on the edge of something much too deep.

Theres beauty everywhere. There are amazing things happening everywhere, you just have to be able to open your eyes and witness it. Some days, thats harder than others.

My love, you know you are my best friend . You know that I'd do anything for you, and my love, let nothing come between us. My love for you is strong and true.

I threw bitter tears at the ocean, but all that came back was the tide.

I don't follow any organized religion, but I do believe in the idea of god as a verb - being love and light. And that we are part of everything as everything is part of us.

I believe this is Heaven to no one else but me.

In the arms of the angel, fly away from here....you are pulled from the wreckage, of your silent reverie, you're in the arms of the angel, may you find some comfort here.

So tired of this straight line, and everywhere you turn There's vultures and thieves at your back The storm keeps on twisting, you keep on building the lies That you make up for all that you lack. It don't make no difference, escaping one last time It's easier to believe In this sweet madness, oh this glorious sadness That brings me to my knees.

Nothing outside of my child is important

Once there was a darkness, a deep and endless night, you gave me everything you had and oh, you gave me light

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 didnt.

The more we take, the less we become.

Listen as the wind blows From across the great divide Voices trapped in yearning Memories trapped in time

You're in the arms of the Angels; may you find some comfort here.

All the fear has left me now, I'm not frightened anymore. It's my heart that pounds beneath my flesh, it's my mouth that pushes out this breath.

I've never done heroin, but I totally understood what would drive people to that distraction-to need that so much.

We're constantly being told what other people think we are, and that's why it is so important to know yourself.

I will rememeber you. Will you remember me? Don't let your life pass you by and don't forget all your memories.

You've been gone so long from all that you know. It's been shuffled aside as you bask in the glow. All the beauitful strangers who whisper your name, do they fill up the emptiness? Larger that life is your fiction, in a universe made upon one.