180 Quotes by Melissa Etheridge

I’m one of those people that will say, ‘My cancer was a gift.’

I’ve been a rock star since you were very young. But I’ve never encountered anything as powerful as cancer.

I hope that you know in your heart how you feel about things, and you don’t let the people that live on fear and hate govern the way you live.

What I do believe in is other worlds and spirits. There is some other power in control – levels of energy that perhaps we don’t see.

We all want to judge; it’s an intrinsic part of our society and human nature. I’m not surprised that talent shows are hits, but I’m glad some of them aren’t so brutal.

In country music, there are certain female artists, like Gretchen Wilson, where you’re going to find lesbians because they’re responding to that more aggressive side.

I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it’s own greatest strength – it’s diversity.

I’m so close to Heaven, this Hell cannot be mine.

I tell people that anything that could ever happen to you on stage has happened to me. My clothes have fallen off. I’ve fallen off the stage. I’ve gotten sick – anything.