Shawn Colvin Quotes (11 Quotes)

One of the dumber things my manager said was, Stick to the melody. But I can't.

I consider myself as a singer first, but something that really helped me come into my own is that there's not a separation between me singing and me playing the guitar. The two fed off the other.

There were bars that began to have acoustic musicians play, it was 1970: Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, America, The Eagles, all that kind of stuff was popular. It was very easy for me to just kind of move in and be noticed.

Without music, I could not get through.

I think when you have a record that makes money, there's pressure, sure, ... The label wanted another big seller, and I did, too.

I have yet to have a successful outcome of sitting in a room with someone and trying to write a song. The way that I generally co-write is that someone else writes the music or part of the music.

I told her we're not as proud of that in public as we are at home. She looked around and said it's OK because everyone there was Chinese. I guess, in her mind, she farted in English.

I think the thing that has made it possible for me to write personal songs and sing them year after year is the sensibility for good writing. Just opening your veins all over the paper is not necessarily going to be interesting. I wanted to speak to people.

Music is a healing force. That's what good art is. That's what art is. I shouldn't say 'good' because that's an entirely personal call. It's magic, ... What is music Where does it come from We have the ability to take these instruments and voices and make these notes with them and do these things with them. What the heck is that It's magic. It does what nothing else can do.

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long.

We do family stuff, ... Tonight we're in Santa Rosa, and then we drive all night to Anaheim, which is good news for my daughter because you know what's there. We do family stuff. We went to Sea World in San Diego, and we figure out stuff to do. And if not, there's always the hotel pool.