"I know I'm not the 'Indie It Girl' and I'll never have a big breakout, big runaway success. And that's okay."

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The theme of success is universal, yet Kathleen Edwards manages to capture its essence in a uniquely profound way. Taking a moment to internalize this can shift our mindset, reminding us that our perspective on success often shapes our reality.

About Kathleen Edwards

Kathleen Margaret Edwards is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. Her 2002 debut album, Failer, contained the singles "Six O'Clock News" and "Hockey Skates". Her next two albums – Back to Me and Asking for Flowers – both made the Billboard 200 list and reached the top 10 of Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart. In 2012, Edwards' fourth studio album, Voyageur, became Edwards' first album to crack the top 100 and top 40 in the U.S., peaking at No. 39 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and No. 2 in Canada. In 2012, Edwards' song "A Soft Place To Land" won the SOCAN Songwriting Prize, an annual competition that honours the best song written and released by 'emerging' songwriters over the past year, as voted by the public. Her musical sound has been compared to Suzanne Vega meets Neil Young.

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"You're reluctant to give too much away when you're going to put it out there for other people. It's harder writing your truest fears and loves and guilts, because you're not sure when you're writing the right story."

— Kathleen Edwards
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"I was being categorized as some kind of twangy songwriter. And that's just not how I see myself."

— Kathleen Edwards
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"There's nothing more confirming in your life than looking in front of you and seeing some really amazing people who you care a lot about who care a lot about you."

— Kathleen Edwards
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"I really get that some people like the roots-rock, storytelling thing that I was doing, and I'm proud of that."

— Kathleen Edwards
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"Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young."

— Theodore Roosevelt
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"Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel."

— Karel Capek
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"What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose."

— Margaret Thatcher
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"The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them."

— Jean Genet
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