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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

#famous #figure #get #glaring #gradual

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

#build #bunch #fall #i #idea

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

#good #i #knew #life #like

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. ↗

— Sarah McLachlan

#count #find #friends #had #hand

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

#band #dancing #doing #first #i

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

#celebrate #could #create #fact #feminism

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

#away #bad #feelings #figure #gnawing

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

— Sarah McLachlan

#been #i #incredibly #like #lucky

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

#definitely #die #i #live #romantic

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

#box #check #fence #forward #illusion