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
My music and my lyrics are essentially emotional postcards.
I can look back over my earlier music, and it takes me back to the place I was emotionally.
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I was a pretty insecure kid, didn't have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence.
And music has always been incredibly cathartic for me, whether it's writing my own stuff or singing other people's music; it's very... →
I write music all the time. When I talk about having writer's block, it's more to do with lyrics than anything else.
I've always been incredibly lucky that the music that I make, other people like it.
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... →