Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBCis a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and pianist. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2009, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awardsand four Juno Awards. In addition to her personal artistic efforts, she founded the Lilith Fair tour, which showcased female musicians on an unprecedented scale. The Lilith Fair concert tours took place from 1997 to...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth28 January 1968
CountryCanada
Surfing is my passion because I love being active on the water.
We showed the industry that female artists could attract the same audiences as the big male stars.
The darker and the sadder the song, the happier it makes me feel. It's just this, ah. I'm in the moment. I'm part of this beautiful world, and it's fantastic, and I don't really know how else to describe it.
Running is very rhythmic, and I have written a lot of lyrics while out running. It's a very musical exercise, and sometimes I like to sing when I run. Your whole body is doing the same thing.
In a sense, I'm always hearing music of some sort, whether it's people talking or surface noise or whatever, because there is no privacy. So when I'm by myself, I just kind of like to be and reflect, and I can't do that when I'm listening to music. Because it's someone else's reflections, not mine.
I was put out there as a spokesperson for the new feminist revolution. It was very difficult because I was either too feminist or not feminist enough, depending on who you spoke to.
With every record I put out, I got a bit more success, a bigger following in cities I would play in, and occasionally a bit of radio play.
They are very personal, emotional songs - people react to them very strongly.
There's no reason for anybody to jump out of bushes to take pictures of me. I'm not doing anything exciting.
I've always been incredibly lucky that the music that I make, other people like it.
I feel like I really tapped into a pretty honest emotional place for myself as a lyricist. There's a broad spectrum of emotions.
When I sing, it's just... comfort is a stupid word, but it is.
A big part of my love and passion for making music is playing it live.
I don't like bad feelings gnawing away at me.