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
At the end of the whole thing when it was over, I came home to a bouquet that said 'in sickness and in health,' and she means it, ... And the love and support of someone like that is worth all the money in the world.
Mothers tell your children 'Be quick, you must be strong. Life is full of wonder and love is never wrong.' Remember how they taught you; how much of it was fear. Refuse to hand it down: The legacy stops here.
There is no fear when you choose love. The more you choose love, the more love is in your life. It gets easier and easier.
I'm very fortunate that I have a wonderful family around me and loved ones.
I think being a parent is knowing how to love. Sometimes love is discipline, sometimes it's humor, sometimes it's listening.
Life is full of wonder, love is never wrong....
We have a choice every day between fear and love.
I'm exploring the maturity, the wisdom that just comes from having gone around the sun 50 times. My experience is, 'Oh, I'm never really going to get it right. I'm never going to get it done. But that's not the point here.' The point is the journey.
the minute I didn't feel it, I stopped.
I stand before you a totally healthy person, ... Extra.
I would say I'm 97 percent back now,
I would say I'm 97% back now, ... It is very hard. ... Chemotherapy is so hard on a person. And I would say I'm fully recovered, yeah.
No, I didn't worry. But it was worth it.
The experience with my children brings me back to earth. I mean, I go out there and I'm looking at (bugs), you know, and I'm looking at snails. And there's the grass, and I'm getting down in it.