Sarah McLachlan Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

We're constantly being told what other people think we are, and that's why it is so important to know yourself.

I don't worry about much anymore. The good thing about worry is that it's like pain. When it's not there, you don't remember what it feels like.

My guideline for success -- and this is really, truthfully honest -- is whether I am really proud of this record [Afterglow]. If I am proud of the record, which I am, then I let it go. If other people like it, then that's a big old bonus for me.

Trivia

Born in Halifax but claims Vancouver as her home.

Has been playing instruments, including the piano and guitars, since the age of 5. Started Lilith Fair, the first all female performer concert tour. It lasted 3 summers from 1997 to 1999 and toured North America. Was the first artist signed to Nettwerk recording label. She was 17 at the time.

She was awarded the O.C. (Officer of the Order of Canada) on October 21, 1999 for her services to music and charities.

Sarah gave birth to her first child, daughter India Ann Sushil , on April 6, 2002.

Married in Negril, Jamaica.

Nominated for a 2003 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the song "Fallen".

Albums: Touch (1988) Solace (1991) Live (1992) Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993) The Freedom Sessions (1994) Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff (1996) Surfacing (1997) Mirrorball (1999) Remixed (2001) Afterglow (2003)

Ranked #69 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll

Her 2004 Afterglow Tour will be her most extensive tour yet, hitting the USA, Canada, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, France, Spain, Netherlands and Norway.

Her husband has played drums for her since 1991

The first instrument she learned to play was the ukulele.

Her song "Angel" kept rapper DMC alive while dealing with the discovery of his adoption. He heard it on the radio and immediately felt the pull of the music. It gave him hope and gave him the strength to make it through that dark time in his life. As a result, he asked her to collaborate with him on his solo song "Just Like Me". During one recording session, she revealed she too had been adopted.

Expecting second child with husband Ashwin Sood together in 2007.

Gave birth to her second daughter at age 39. The baby girl was born June 2007.

Daughter, India Ann Sushil, born April 6, 2002.