A biography for Melissa Etheridgehasn’t been written yet.
“I've been a rock star since you were very young. But I've never encountered anything as powerful as cancer.”
“Christmas comes during a season when the Earth is in its darkest time. It's a holiday for the family and for everyone.”
“Life happens, and I write about it wherever I am.”
“I'm for gay marriage, because I'm for gay divorce.”
“I'm exploring the maturity, the wisdom that just comes from having gone around the sun 50 times. My experience is, 'Oh, I'm never really going to get it right. I'm never going to get it done. But that's not the point here.' The point is the journey.”
“I write songs for people who drive in cars. I really do.”
“Chemotherapy tests your sanity.”
“I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song.”
“On the road, as a 'rock star,' there's superficial attention and adulation is thrown at you for a couple of hours - then you're alone in your room and it's lonely.”
“When you realize that we're the spirit that's in our bodies and our bodies are like the vehicles that take us around, you realize that you have to take care of that body.”
“There are many plant medicines that are available to us that have a lot of stigma around them that I hope, in the future, our medical community can look at, because I would absolutely go to those alternatives first before I went back to Western medicine.”
“I think it has done us more harm believing in the huge differences between left and right, Democrat and Republican.”
“My wife works harder than anyone else with the children around the house. I make the money, sure, but she does everything else.”
“I don't think anyone masters parenthood.”
“My friends have always told me that rock stardom was wasted on me.”
“We all want to judge; it's an intrinsic part of our society and human nature. I'm not surprised that talent shows are hits, but I'm glad some of them aren't so brutal.”
“In country music, there are certain female artists, like Gretchen Wilson, where you're going to find lesbians because they're responding to that more aggressive side.”
“I adopted a healthier diet. I take at least a tablespoon of apple-cider vinegar a day. It's an old wives' tale, but it really is one of the best things you can put in your mouth.”
“Video is a funny thing. It's one thing to be an artist, singer-songwriter, and use words and create pictures in people's minds. And then be asked to do video for it, to actually give a certain visual for your song.”
“There is no fear when you choose love. The more you choose love, the more love is in your life. It gets easier and easier.”