Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBCis a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and pianist. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2009, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awardsand four Juno Awards. In addition to her personal artistic efforts, she founded the Lilith Fair tour, which showcased female musicians on an unprecedented scale. The Lilith Fair concert tours took place from 1997 to...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth28 January 1968
CountryCanada
Sarah McLachlan quotes about
The night is my companion...solitude my guide....and I would be the one to hold you down, kiss you so hard, I'll take your breath away...my body aches to breathe your breath, your words keep me alive.
The winter here's cold and bitter, it's chilled us to the bone. We haven't seen the sun for weeks, too long too far from home. I feel just like I'm sinking, and I claw for solid ground. I'm pulled down by the undertow, I never thought I could feel so
I have to sort of get myself back out there and this is sort of out of the frying pan into the fire.
The first gig we ever played was in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where I'm from,
You pick me up and brush me off and tell me I'm okay, sometimes that's just what we need to get us through the day.
In the lonely light of morning, in a world that would not heal, it's the bitter taste of losing everything that I've held so dear
And he's a fantastic guy. He's a great musician and he's a joy to be around.
I thought, 'Well, why don't I get some of the women who I've had open up for me before and some artists that I really admire and respect. Let's ask them to do a few shows.'
Everybody loves you when you're easy. . .Everybody hates when you're a bore. . .Everyone is waiting for your entrance, so don't disappoint them.
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,
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.
The first gig we ever played was in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where I'm from. I was in a band called the October Game, and we opened up for a Vancouver band.
I'll answer anything... I'm brutally honest, actually, which gets me in trouble.
Having the opportunity to express myself through music has been extremely cathartic for me my entire life.