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.

I stand before you a totally healthy person, … Extra.

No, I didn’t worry. But it was worth it.

What’s happening right now, this month, I check in and go, ‘Hey. You are at the top of a wave right now. Look around and enjoy it because it’s not going to stay,’ … The...

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...

I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it’s own greatest strength–it’s diversity.

the minute I didn’t feel it, I stopped.

I’ve sold my soul for freedom. It’s lonely but it’s sweet.

I would say I’m 97 percent back now,

Instead of taking five or six of the prescriptions, I decided to go a natural route and smoke marijuana.

I definitely feel we’re moving forward. There’s a lot more understanding… there’s less fear and we’re working on there being less hatred.

[The 44-year-old singer, who was diagnosed more than a year ago, is now cancer-free.] Instead of taking five or six of the prescriptions, I decided to go a natural route and smoke marijuana, … Dateline...

We were just talking about how hard it is to come here and get all dressed up and know that there is someone sitting in their attic hoping they are not going to die. I...

[Melissa Etheridge says she smoked medicinal marijuana to help with the side effects of chemotherapy during her treatment for breast cancer. The 44-year-old singer, who was diagnosed over a year ago, is now cancer-free.] Instead...

I stand before you a totally healthy person.

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...

[According to] Extra, … It?s already in the works.

Don’t let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. Be what you feel.

Been there, done that,

In the morning of the night ~~ When I woke to find you gone ~~ I knew your distant devil ~~Must be draggin’ you along

The Road Less Traveled

The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs.

be home for dinner.

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...

I’m so close to Heaven, this Hell cannot be mine.

I’ve been a rock star since you were very young. But I’ve never encountered anything as powerful as cancer.

It does to me but I don’t know if it will happen with that organization. But that’s the future.

I definitely feel we’re moving forward, … There’s a lot more understanding…there’s less fear and we’re working on there being less hatred.

I don’t fear death. I have a lot more to do,

Bruce has always been so nice to me, which is crazy, because he’s one of my heroes. I’ll never forget being at a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony the year Bruce and Paul...

they brought in a bunch of celebrities.

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...

Every single one was, `Oh, yeah. That’s the best help for the effects of chemotherapy.’

I’m so cool that the kids come to my bedroom and go, ‘Mom! Turn the music down!

Love is never wrong.

I don’t even go there,

I wasn’t able to watch television because it hurt. Music, sound hurt. You can smell everything, so anything anyone’s eating makes you completely sick,

[NEW YORK (Billboard) – Led by her newly recorded cover of Tom Petty ‘s] Refugee, … Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled.

There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also.

To be completely stripped bare of any image power or my hair, … To step onstage and get the response that I got blew any problems I had about self-image out the door.