Don't let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. Be what you feel.
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've sold my soul for freedom. It's lonely but it's sweet.
Instead of taking five or six of the prescriptions, I decided to go a natural route and smoke marijuana.
Love is never wrong.
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.
There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also.
Melissa and Tammy tied the knot in Malibu in September 2003.
She is expecting twins with partner Tammy Lynn Michaels.
She was the first pick to portray '60s rock legend Janis Joplin in a biographical movie.
Melissa has been active in several humanitarian causes and, in 1998, she and her former partner Julie Cypher received the National Family Civil Rights Award, the first award of its kind.
In 1995, she sang duet with Bruce Springsteen, performing his song "Thunder Road."
She has won two Grammys.
The male figure mentioned most in Melissa's music is the Devil.
Melissa dedicated the album "Never Enough" "to (her) father with all (her) love".
Melissa wrote the song "I Run For Life" about her battle with cancer. She is currently cancer-free.
Melissa appeared at the 2005 Grammy Awards to perform a cover of Janis Joplin's "Piece Of My Heart." She had lost her hair as a result of chemotherapy, but her voice was as strong as ever.
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