Sarah McLachlan Quotes

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Sarah McLachlan

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 28, 1968

We try to create this interesting appearance to make ourselves feel better about ourselves.

Sarah McLachlan

'Time after Time' is one of the best pop songs ever written, in my opinion. It's an incredible, beautiful, timeless song.

Sarah McLachlan

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.

Sarah McLachlan

I've learned to trust myself, to listen to truth, to not be afraid of it and to not try and hide it.

Sarah McLachlan

I think sometimes all you need is to hear someone else say the same thing that you're going through to realize that you're not alone. I try to put some sense of hope into the songs, into whatever the situation is so that it's not just dirt, drudgery and a life of misery.

Sarah McLachlan

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.

Sarah McLachlan

I didn't get hugely famous really quick. It was a slow, gradual process, so I was able to sort of grow into myself and figure out who I was and what I wanted without the glaring spotlight on me telling me who I was.

Sarah McLachlan

I'll talk to any stranger about everything. I'm not guarded.

Sarah McLachlan

When I sing, it's just... comfort is a stupid word, but it is.

Sarah McLachlan

Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult.

Sarah McLachlan

I'm not one to sit and wallow - I would rather figure out a way around so I can move past it and be at peace with things. I don't like bad feelings gnawing away at me.

Sarah McLachlan

And music has always been incredibly cathartic for me, whether it's writing my own stuff or singing other people's music; it's very freeing.

Sarah McLachlan

I don't court paparazzi. I definitely don't like that part of it.

Sarah McLachlan

I'm a great mummy. I've mapped out all the fun spots in every city.

Sarah McLachlan

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.

Sarah McLachlan

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.

Sarah McLachlan

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.

Sarah McLachlan

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

Sarah McLachlan

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.

Sarah McLachlan

We are in an age of technology where we sit in our little cubicles and we IM each other and Skype each other and never connect as human beings.

Sarah McLachlan