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When I grew up, there were no songs about gay people.

Melissa Etheridge

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Melissa Etheridge
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: May 29
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Leavenworth
Kansas
Melissa Lou Etheridge
People
Gay
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No one to hear, you might as well scream.
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I look forward to exercising my American civil liberties and getting fully, completely and legally married this year to my true love of over three years, Linda Wallem.
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I'm only lonely when I'm driving in my car. I'm only lonely after dark. I'm only lonely when I watch my TV. I'm only lonely occasionally.
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Chemotherapy tests your sanity.
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We have a choice every day between fear and love.
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Empty and cold, but it keep me alive. I gave it my soul, so that I could survive.
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Instead of taking five or six of the prescriptions, I decided to go a natural route and smoke marijuana.
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My wife works harder than anyone else with the children around the house. I make the money, sure, but she does everything else.
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Mothers, tell your children: be quick, you must be strong. Life is full of wonder, love is never wrong. Remember how they taught you, how much of it was fear. Refuse to hand it down - the legacy stops here.
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Somebody bring me some water/can’t you see I’m burning alive.
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I have found that I'm just political just by being who I am.
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I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song.
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Don't let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. Be what you feel.
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The sweetness is in having success with something you truly believe in.
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I have days when I say, 'I'm going to have five chocolate chip cookies today.' I'll have a salad every day but every week I have a cheat day.
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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.
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Cancer's like the ultimate excuse. Who's gonna say, 'Oh, no, you have to show up for this one?' 'Hey, I got cancer. I can't be there.' It's the ultimate eraser.
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I kind of thought when I was 30 that you're as good as your going to get. And that's not true.
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When you realize that we're the spirit that's in our bodies and our bodies are like the vehicles that take us around, you realize that you have to take care of that body.
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I can feel the thunder underneath my feet
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