Sarah McLachlan Music Quotations

Having the opportunity to express myself through music has been extremely cathartic for me my entire life.

I can look back over my earlier music, and it takes me back to the place I was emotionally.

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.

In a sense, I'm always hearing music of some sort, whether it's people talking or surface noise or whatever, because there is no privacy. So when I'm by myself, I just kind of like to be and reflect, and I can't do that when I'm listening to music. Because it's someone else's reflections, not mine.

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

A big part of my love and passion for making music is playing it live.

When you're making music or playing a song, I find the moments when there are no instruments being played even stronger than when they are being played. Because they add tension. It's also an ego-less thing - a place where you have no ego - when you're with a bunch of musicians who stop and listen instead.

We're just here to put on a great musical show and I think any social or political issues are secondary, although very important, because it is a music festival first and foremost,

I've been a fan of old country music, like Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline. I think I'm drawn to it because of the sense of sadness and sort of loss that a lot of good old country music has.

I would love to make my music and be completely anonymous, but that doesn't work. You can't have success and be faceless.

My music and my lyrics are essentially emotional postcards.

And he's a fantastic guy. He's a great musician and he's a joy to be around.

I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.

We asked all sorts of people from all different walks of music and this is who we got this year, who said yes. I think music crosses barriers and boundaries. If it's good, it's good. We're after good music.