Melissa Etheridge Quotes - Page 3

I wanted to be out so I could relax and be me.

You are digging for the answers until your fingers bleed, to satisfy the hunger, to satiate the need.... And as you pray in your darkness for wings to set you free, you are bound to your silent legacy.

It's the closest to death I have ever been. The chemotherapy takes you as far down into hell as you've ever, ever been.

I could have been you, you could have been me. One small change that shapes your destiny.

I saw you with your envoy A consenting adult Technique in moderation But vogue to the cult Me I've got my strangers To exile in the night I guess I'm just addicted To the pain of delight

I had to go see the Glee concert with my daughter - oh my God, shoot me.

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.

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.

I'm for gay marriage, because I'm for gay divorce.

I believed in Obama for social issues. I believe he brought our nation together and healed our racial divide. Martin Luther King's dream came true when he was elected. That's huge.

My wife works harder than anyone else with the children around the house. I make the money, sure, but she does everything else.

What I do believe in is other worlds and spirits. There is some other power in control - levels of energy that perhaps we don't see.

I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song.

The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs.

Empty and cold, but it keep me alive. I gave it my soul, so that I could survive.

No one to hear, you might as well scream.

I think being a parent is knowing how to love. Sometimes love is discipline, sometimes it's humor, sometimes it's listening.

I'm so close to Heaven, this Hell cannot be mine.

I do believe in true bisexuality. We all have the capacity. [My partner] Julie is much more bisexual than I am. The more the world understands their bisexuality the better we'll be. I'm attracted to souls. I can be attracted to both.

I hope that you know in your heart how you feel about things, and you don't let the people that live on fear and hate govern the way you live.

I was constantly around all those religious images and to me, angels exist. I feel we were definitely guided and helped and I'm always referring to them in my work.

Chemotherapy tests your sanity.

Go on and close your eyes, go on imagine me there She's got similar features with longer hair And if that's what it takes to get you through Go on and close your eyes it shouldn't bother you

It was tough being a single mom. It was tough being in a divorce with children. Very, very hard.

There's been so many different types of musicals and it's a funny genre because there's a fine line between clever and stupid. It really takes a genius to know how to do it.