Sarah McLachlan Quotes

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Sarah McLachlan

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 28, 1968

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.

Sarah McLachlan

I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.

Sarah McLachlan

My music and my lyrics are essentially emotional postcards.

Sarah McLachlan

Change and growth is so painful. But it's so necessary for us to evolve.

Sarah McLachlan

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

People's ignorance really pisses me off. Stupidity is when you can't help it -ignorance is when you choose not to understand something.

Sarah McLachlan

Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates.

Sarah McLachlan

The more we take the less we become, the fortune of one man means less for some.

Sarah McLachlan

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.

Sarah McLachlan

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.

Sarah McLachlan

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.

Sarah McLachlan

I write music all the time. When I talk about having writer's block, it's more to do with lyrics than anything else.

Sarah McLachlan

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.

Sarah McLachlan

Water is very forgiving. Everything lifts in water.

Sarah McLachlan

Deadlines are meant to be broken. And I just keep breaking them.

Sarah McLachlan

When I say music saved me, I don't say that lightly.

Sarah McLachlan

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.

Sarah McLachlan

I play piano every day.

Sarah McLachlan

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.

Sarah McLachlan

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.

Sarah McLachlan