Sheryl Crow Quotes (68 Quotes)

Now that I'm in my 40s, it's much easier to be an artist. It's good knowing that I'm not in the game to be competing with really young groups of kids on the radio. Or to, you know, make 'beat' music.

Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s.

I hate how I've had the mantle set on my shoulders as being against the record label. We've had some issues, but that is the nature of business.

Music commands how we feel, dictates what we experience in our feelings.

I think everyone became sick of Sheryl Crow. I actually became sick of Sheryl Crow.

Most writers like to maintain some sort of anonymity. For me, making videos was an assault.

The writing process for me is pretty much always the same - it's a solitary experience.

I try to conduct my life with a little levity.

I have a golden Lab who goes everywhere with me. He's a great leveler.

Being around children that small, you see how naturally they gravitate to the light. They're not cynical yet. It takes many years to unlearn that kind of innocence.

I've been really, really blessed. I got to perform on stage with Bob Dylan. I've gotten to sing with Mick Jagger.

No matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere.

People don't realize that I'm really funny and I'm an excellent bridge player.

I didn't get into making music for the fame aspect. There are people who do desire that.

Beck said he didn't believe in the theory of a song coming through you as if you were an open vessel. I agree with him to a certain extent.

A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies that continue to resonate.

Everything that happens to you influences your writing,

I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.