Quotes By Sheryl Crow

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

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.

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 draw from my family and my friends and I feel like that small-town person. The achievements, the materialistic possessions have really become to mean less. They mean nothing.

When I reach the point that I write Yesterday, then I can retire.

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 wish I was having as much fun as the press reports said I had.

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 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.

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!

The beauty of having a producer is that you have someone who says, You're finished.

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

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.

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

I have yet to write that one song that defines my career.

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.

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

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

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 can always tell when people have had plastic surgery.

Some people are really good at maneuvering their careers and images and I'm not one of those people.

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

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.

I become more seasoned, it's less interesting to try and compete in the pop market.

Steve McQueen was from a time when you didn't know every little dirty thing about our public figures. He and James Dean were very mysterious, archetypal American heroes.