I could have been you, you could have been me. One small change that shapes your destiny. Melissa Etheridge More Quotes by Melissa Etheridge More Quotes From Melissa Etheridge 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. Melissa Etheridge musicrealsong I always tell people I'm grateful for my cancer diagnosis because it was the greatest gift because it completely changed my life. I was able to stop and let my whole life and world just crash over me like a wave. And I stood there and went, 'Wow.' And for the first time, I stopped everything. I had to. Melissa Etheridge cancergratefulpeople I have that gene mutation too and it’s not something I would believe in for myself. I wouldn’t call it the brave choice. I actually think it’s the most fearful choice you can make when confronting anything with cancer. My belief is that cancer comes from inside you and so much of it has to do with the environment of your body. It’s the stress that will turn that gene on or not. Melissa Etheridge cancerstressbelieve No one to hear, you might as well scream. Melissa Etheridge screamsadnessmight 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. Melissa Etheridge libertyexerciseyears Empty and cold, but it keep me alive. I gave it my soul, so that I could survive. Melissa Etheridge alivesoulevil 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. Melissa Etheridge letting-gobabygoodbye 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.' Melissa Etheridge cancerbalancelooks I think being a parent is knowing how to love. Sometimes love is discipline, sometimes it's humor, sometimes it's listening. Melissa Etheridge knowinglove-isthinking I'm so close to Heaven, this Hell cannot be mine. Melissa Etheridge hellminesheaven I had a lot of self-loathing, .. I've been self-sustained since I was 11. I've always been the one making the money, and to be flat on my back and .. so vulnerable and then be completely loved. To have my wife be there, 110% supportive. To have my children say, 'It's OK, Mom.' To have the people that I work for say, 'It's OK.' To have my fans go, 'It's all right.' It's like, what was I afraid of? I'm going to get healthy now, and I'm not going to carry that baggage anymore. Melissa Etheridge momselfchildren People ask me, 'Is being a parent the be-all, end-all?' And I say, 'Oh, it definitely is up to the person, and it is difficult, it can be very difficult, and it can be extremely healing.' That's what I have found, that the children are mirrors. Everyone is a mirror, but children especially because they're day and night and all day long. Melissa Etheridge healingnightchildren 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 Melissa Etheridge eyeimaginationhair The sweetness is in having success with something you truly believe in. Melissa Etheridge sweetnesssuccessbelieve My ultimate joy and happiness is being a wife and mother. Melissa Etheridge wifemotherjoy 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! Melissa Etheridge inspirationdreamthinking To be completely stripped bare of any image power or my hair. To step onstage and get the response that I got blew any problems I had about self-image out the door. Melissa Etheridge selfhairdoors I think the best way to be an activist is to live your life well and be honest. It means being out. If you are not comfortable marching, you can make a big difference just by working side by side with someone who actually knows you're gay and a fine human being. Melissa Etheridge gaymeanthinking Don't let people who live in fear and hate govern how you live. Melissa Etheridge hatepeople I'm so cool that the kids come to my bedroom and go, 'Mom! Turn the music down!' Melissa Etheridge familymotivationalinspirational
