"We showed the industry that female artists could attract the same audiences as the big male stars."

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"We showed the industry that female artists could attract the same audiences as the big male stars."

Explore more quotes by Sarah McLachlan

"Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates."

Happiness,

"I think I've become a much better singer and a much better player. Years and years of playing a couple of hours every day will do that."

Day, Will, Years

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

Sadness, Songs

"I was a pretty insecure kid, didn't have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence."

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"I'm not a media darling. I'm not on the cover of all these magazines. I just quietly do my thing."

Media,

"I'm really lucky that my record companies have been patient with me and leave me alone and give me the time to make it right in my mind."

Time, Mind, Right

"I play piano every day."

Day, Play

"I've heard myself referred to as a quiet superstar, and I don't quite know what that means."

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"I think a lot of contemplation happens in bathtubs. It does for me. Nothing like a hot bath to ease the tension and think about what's going to happen next."

Contemplation, Nothing, Tension

"I write music all the time. When I talk about having writer's block, it's more to do with lyrics than anything else."

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"No matter what as an artist that's always what you want to do, you want to connect to the audience, you want to be able to send whatever message it is that you're singing about, you want to be able to convey that - and not make them feel - you want them to feel it, you want them to feel what you feel."

Naima Adedapo, American Musician

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"It betrays hubris on the part of the artist to think his medium is limiting him, and I think we all recognize this."

Steve Albini, American Musician

Artist,

"As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true."

Laurie Anderson, American Musician

Artist,

"I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third as a New Yorker. All three have built-in perspectives that aren't neutral."

Laurie Anderson, American Musician

Artist, First, Woman

"I would hardly call myself an artist in that sense; I doodle, I draw, I'm not a trained artist, I couldn't sit down and do an accurate portrait of anyone."

Rene Auberjonois, American Actor

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"Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did."

Sebastian Bach, Canadian Musician

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"I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

Artist, Celebrity, Struggle, Voice

"I believed in myself, and I've always worked very, very hard as an artist, and I am an artist in every sense of the word."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

Artist, Sense, Word

"I knew it would happen. I knew I'd be No. 1. I'm a new artist; I don't know the rules. Nobody told me it wouldn't happen."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

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"I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I'm going to try to make a film which honestly reflects what I have in my head."

Antonio Banderas, Spanish Actor

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