Quotes By Sheryl Crow

I don't really cringe over any of my albums.

I hate that word, mature, but I guess I am growing up.

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.

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

Your art kind of changes as you get older, by nature of the fact that you're hopefully gaining wisdom and you're starting to watch things with a better overview.

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

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

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

I have been around for a long, long time. I didn't make it 'til I was older. I went through the period when women were not getting signed, particularly if you were writing songs that were lyrically propelled.

However I am is however I am. When you see me onstage or in the press, there's not a lot of thought and calculation that goes into it.

Music really becomes the soundtrack to the major events to your life.

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.

There's so much of it you can't control. There is no handbook for how to conduct yourself in the public world.

That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing.

I'm not much of a partier anymore. I enjoy clarity much more.

I don't set goals for myself too much, but I'm always trying to write that one great song.

The video forum for me has been a source of great consternation because once you start projecting a look to a song, it robs the listener of their ability to adopt that song and make the lyric their own.

I got to learn to surf.

I've only been making records since 1991. When you look at the long-standing careers of people like Joni, it's not very long!

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

The bands that wrote the big, heroic rock songs - I really wanted to make a record like that.

The greatest hits in some weird way marks the end of something.

I try to conduct my life with a little levity.

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

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.

There's a lot of integrity with musicians; you really still aspire to grow, and be great, to be the best version of yourself you can be.

It's interesting when I jog, how much the music makes a difference. You can pretty much count on the Foo Fighters to get your heart rate up.

Where I fit in is confusing to me.

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.

It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.