Melissa etheridge

I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song.

I think it has done us more harm believing in the huge differences between left and right, Democrat and Republican.

Laughing is a medicine. It releases this amazing stuff.

I stand before you a totally healthy person.

I would never say I had a bad childhood at all.

I have always loved Broadway.

I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice to have your dad go, 'Hey Melissa, I'm proud of you - you're doing good.'

There's a point when your tape of life runs off the reel and there's this stillness of your own - I got to know myself.

I kind of thought when I was 30 that you're as good as your going to get. And that's not true.

All men, and women, and everything in between are created equal.