Melanie Quotes

Compared to the challenges or raising an autistic child, weightlifting is a relief.

I suppose at some point, we all have to decide which memories - real or otherwise - to hold on to, and which ones to let go.

Why were there so many barriers between us, always? Barriers of clothing, of etiquette, of time and age and reason.

Unlike men, women got less sentimental as we aged, I was discovering.

Never would I allow my size to define me. Instead I would define it.

I like to imagine the "what ifs" of history.

Wonderland was all we had in common, after all; Wonderland was what was denied the two of us. I had denied him his; he had denied me mine.

I'm a businesswoman at the end of the day.

I'm always down for a Spice Girls reunion. I love the Scary hair and platforms. Any time of day or night I'll be there.

Sometimes I can be tactful and sometimes not. It all depends on the mood I'm in.

Breastfeeding is amazing; you can actually feel your stomach shrink with every feed.

I would love to have twins. I think there's something nice about having two babies, and they're there for each other their whole entire life.

I'm not putting pressure on myself, all I know is I want to do music.

I don't have any pressure on myself. I don't have a big record label backing me. I'm doing it all myself.

I don't want to stop bringing out music.

You never can expect what people's reactions are going to be. You can only hope that everyone feels the way that you do.

Anything that I actually do drink myself or I do actually use myself, I'm going to be into promoting it.

The way that I live my life is on spontaneity.

England is my home. I could never leave. I'd miss my family and friends too much.

I know about investment. It's really obvious - you buy property, let it sit for a couple of years and then sell it and reinvest.

As a singer, you need to find you water that works for you.

I'm always busy. And I don't even see it really as work, because everything I do I still really enjoy.

I don't want to hurt anybody or be offensive. But I don't want to not be me.

Putting out my album on my own label has been a great experience for me. It's been very inspiring. It's like a new start for me and having all this creative freedom is so liberating and exciting.

If you turn the pages and look inside, there is nothing of me I feel that I have to hide.

Once I started performing I knew that's what I wanted to do with my life. But you have to work really hard to be a performer.

When you're with your family you're with them and when you're working you're doing that. I definitely try to separate the time when I'm working and when I have my personal time.

I've admired Alicia Keys since before I got into the music industry, just everything she represents as a female artist.

Older audiences are hard to win over. They're very specific in their tastes and critical of new music.

Toronto is a very multicultural city, a place of immigrants, like my parents.

West Indian cultural mentality and a North American life equals the perfect balance.

Whitney Houston's voice was the very first voice I fell in love with. She was the voice that made me want to become a singer.

I feel like shoes are one of those things that no matter how conservative or how outrageous you get, a good pair of shoes is going to last you a lifetime.

Canada had the good health-care system and educational system. It was a privilege for me to grow up there.

I'm a first-generation Canadian.

Before I could even hold a pen I was singing.

I always feel like music should be a universal language.

I consider myself more of an international artist than I do a one-territory artist, which I think is a blessing.

I love Canada, always.

I love the freedom to do whatever I want with style and not be put into a box.

Canada can be tough for urban music.

I'm a drugstore beauty girl, I love going to the drugstore and buying makeup.

I rarely buy a shoe that is completely specific to a time and outfit. I generally tend to spend money on good shoes that can go with everything.

In my profession you have to be very strong within yourself in order to block out the rejection and block out the opinions and the commentary that happens.

Honestly I've enjoyed every part that I've done. Literally. Every one.

There are many ups and downs in everyone's life and when you're an actor usually you're a very sensitive human being.

Most people are telling me I look horrible.

Oh, my career. What career? I'm over 40.

I have terrible PMS. I just went a little crazy.

You know who helped me a lot? Jane Fonda. She said, Look at how many times I've been up and I've been down. So don't worry about anything.