Melissa Etheridge People Quotations

Gay people are born everyday. You will never legislate that away.

What people don't get is that hair is such a big part of our identity.

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.

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

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.

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.

Don't let people who live in fear and hate govern how you live.

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.

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