A biography for Sarah McLachlanhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm not a media darling. I'm not on the cover of all these magazines. I just quietly do my thing.”
“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 a pretty insecure kid, didn't have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence.”
“Water is very forgiving. Everything lifts in water.”
“Trying to force creativity is never good.”
“I've heard myself referred to as a quiet superstar, and I don't quite know what that means.”
“I don't think about what other people want from me.”
“I'm not online. I'm not on Facebook much. I don't connect that way.”
“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.”
“There's nothing particularly unique about my experiences except that they're my experiences.”
“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 would love to make my music and be completely anonymous, but that doesn't work. You can't have success and be faceless.”
“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.”
“I've been so busy I haven't had a chance to go crazy. I don't party like I used to.”
“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.”
“Deadlines are meant to be broken. And I just keep breaking them.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I'll answer anything... I'm brutally honest, actually, which gets me in trouble.”
“Running is very rhythmic, and I have written a lot of lyrics while out running. It's a very musical exercise, and sometimes I like to sing when I run. Your whole body is doing the same thing.”