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You're in the arms of the Angels; may you find some comfort here.
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.
The night is my companion, and solitude my guide
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.
Peace in the struggle to find peace.. comfort on the way to comfort. And if I shed a tear I won't cage it I won't fear love. And if I feel a rage I won't deny it. (I won't fear love.
You speak to me in riddles, you speak to me in rhymes, my body aches to breathe your breath, your word keeps me alive.
People's ignorance really pisses me off. Stupidity is when you can't help it -ignorance is when you choose not to understand something.
I'm not a media darling. I'm not on the cover of all these magazines. I just quietly do my thing.
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
Don't let your life pass you by, weep not for the memories.
Nature is a perfect example of the harmony between the beautiful and the brutal. You turn over a pretty rock and there are worms writhing underneath.
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.
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 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.
We're constantly being told what other people think we are, and that's why it is so important to know yourself.
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.
Nothing outside of my child is important.
I go out on the road for much longer than I probably should and lose more of myself than I should.
I was a pretty insecure kid, didn't have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence.
You take me in, no questions asked. You strip away the ugliness that surrounds me. Are you an angel?
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.
I've always been incredibly lucky that the music that I make, other people like it.
We try to create this interesting appearance to make ourselves feel better about ourselves.
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.
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 would love to make my music and be completely anonymous, but that doesn't work. You can't have success and be faceless.
Change and growth is so painful. But it's so necessary for us to evolve.
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.
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.
I don't court paparazzi. I definitely don't like that part of it.
I will rememeber you. Will you remember me? Don't let your life pass you by and don't forget all your memories.
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.
Music is very nebulous, and you can conjure up a lot of moods with music. But lyrics - they're a lot more tangible. They're much more specific. And you want to say something meaningful and creative and artistic and that tells a story and that takes people someplace else.
I'm a great mummy. I've mapped out all the fun spots in every city.
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've been so busy I haven't had a chance to go crazy. I don't party like I used to.
Hold on ... Hold on to yourself. This is going to hurt like hell.
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.
A big part of my love and passion for making music is playing it live.
The more we take, the less we become.
Trying to force creativity is never good.
You made my world stand still, and in that stillness, there was a freedom I never felt before.
I try so hard to live in the moment - I don't think ahead very much.
It's a big challenge for me to keep my integrity and some of my privacy intact.
My music and my lyrics are essentially emotional postcards.
I have fallen, I have sunk so low. I have messed up, better I should know.
I pull you from your tower, take away your pain. Show you all the beauty you possess, if you only let yourself believe.
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.
Oh darkness, I feel like letting go.
There are women in every genre having a lot of success. Why not celebrate that?
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 will be the answer at the end of the line. I will be there for you. Why take the time? In the burning of uncertainty, I will be your solid ground. I, I will hold the balance if you can't look down. If it takes my whole life, I won't break. I won't bend. It will all be worth it, worth it in the end because I can only tell you what I know, that I need you in my life. When the stars have all gone out you'll still be burning so bright.
'Time after Time' is one of the best pop songs ever written, in my opinion. It's an incredible, beautiful, timeless song.
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.
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.
The darker and the sadder the song, the happier it makes me feel. It's just this, ah. I'm in the moment. I'm part of this beautiful world, and it's fantastic, and I don't really know how else to describe it.
Everybody loves you when you're easy, so don't disappoint them.
I'm an eternal optimist with a small degree of cynicism.
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 believe this is Heaven to no one else but me ...
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 think ... I'm perceived as an everyperson. There is no pedestal. I'm no different from anybody else.
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.
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.
Cast me gently into the morning for the night has been unkind.
Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult.
There's no reason for anybody to jump out of bushes to take pictures of me. I'm not doing anything exciting.
The more we take the less we become, the fortune of one man means less for some.
Larger than life is your fiction in a universe made up of one.
They are very personal, emotional songs - people react to them very strongly.
Surfing is my passion because I love being active on the water.
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.
Having the opportunity to express myself through music has been extremely cathartic for me my entire life.
It was overwhelmingly beautiful to see my music performed.
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 don't think about what other people want from me.
And it's hard at the end of the day
Water is very forgiving. Everything lifts in water.
I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and I want to give 100 percent to everything.
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 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.