Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Lou Etheridgeis an American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist. Her self-titled debut album Melissa Etheridge was released in 1988 and became an underground hit. The album peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard 200, and its lead single, "Bring Me Some Water", garnered Etheridge her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female. In 1993, Etheridge won her first Grammy award for her single "Ain't It Heavy" from her third album, Never Enough. Later that year, she...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth29 May 1961
CityLeavenworth, KS
CountryUnited States of America
Melissa Etheridge quotes about
The sweetness is in having success with something you truly believe in.
It's so hard to listen to these trains outside my window, here it comes again. And it's calling me, begging me, follow me down the track. And it moans so dark and low, baby ain't comin' back... It sounds like crying, it sounds like letting go. Breathing and lying, sinking and dying slow. And I watch from my window, touching the cold glass sky. As the train rolls down the track, I say goodbye.
I think I'd like to be inspirational to anyone who has a dream, anyone who wants to make more of their life than maybe what is set out in front of them. And you can!
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.
Cancer Is an opportunity to sit down and look into yourself and find the answers. Yes, it's serious, but it's not the end-all.
I had to go see the Glee concert with my daughter - oh my God, shoot me.
Somebody bring me some water/can’t you see I’m burning alive.
No one to hear, you might as well scream.
My friends have always told me that rock stardom was wasted on me.
Life happens, and I write about it wherever I am.
I can look at cancer as a disease that picks me out and 'why me,' or I can look at it through love and say, 'This is a wake-up call. This is my body telling me: 'Hey, you're out of balance here. It's time to get in line with yourself.'
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.
I taught Brad Pitt how to fly-fish in my swimming pool!