Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Lou Etheridgeis an American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist. Her self-titled debut album Melissa Etheridge was released in 1988 and became an underground hit. The album peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard 200, and its lead single, "Bring Me Some Water", garnered Etheridge her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female. In 1993, Etheridge won her first Grammy award for her single "Ain't It Heavy" from her third album, Never Enough. Later that year, she...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth29 May 1961
CityLeavenworth, KS
CountryUnited States of America
Believe in yourself and what you feel. Your power will come from that.
We have a choice every day between fear and love.
I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it's own greatest strength - it's diversity.
Once I overcame breast cancer, I wasn't afraid of anything anymore.
Mothers, tell your children: be quick, you must be strong. Life is full of wonder, love is never wrong. Remember how they taught you, how much of it was fear. Refuse to hand it down - the legacy stops here.
We are getting older, and we are getting wiser, and we are getting freer. And when you get the wisdom and the truth, then you get the freedom and you get power, and then look out. Look out.
Don't let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. Be what you feel.
I adopted a healthier diet. I take at least a tablespoon of apple-cider vinegar a day. It's an old wives' tale, but it really is one of the best things you can put in your mouth.
Gay people are born everyday. You will never legislate that away.
You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.
Instead of taking five or six of the prescriptions, I decided to go a natural route and smoke marijuana.
Be strong, believe in who you are; be strong, believe in what you feel.
I have found that I'm just political just by being who I am.