Quotes By 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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've heard myself referred to as a quiet superstar, and I don't quite know what that means.

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

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.

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

Nothing outside of my child is important.

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

Water is very forgiving. Everything lifts in water.

I'm not a media darling. I'm not on the cover of all these magazines. I just quietly do my thing.

I've always been incredibly lucky that the music that I make, other people like it.

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

I go out on the road for much longer than I probably should and lose more of myself than I should.

I spent a lot of years on the road, and what happens is you find out who your real friends are and you find out where your strengths and weaknesses lie in communication. I've had the same friends for 20 years now and I can count them on one hand.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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.