Shelby Lynne
I think a lot of people think that my parents' deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that's not true. Those songs may just be the woman I am.Collection: Sad
All I do is party.
I like rules that are broken.
I like to make great albums.
That's what I so admired about Johnny Cash and June Carter. Their music wasn't a big influence on me. It was their character, their individual styles, what they were like as people. They weren't afraid to stick out.
You know, I just don't believe that art is supposed to make sense. I really don't think it's supposed to be analyzed to death. It's left to the listener or looker to get what they can get from it.
I like strength. I depend on my own.
I write about what I know.
It's taken me years to embrace the softer elements of who I am and let that shine some.
I feel like I've kind of gotten to a peaceful place in my heart.
I don't think I've ever put it in words before. But daddy took a gun and ended his life and took momma's with him.
I can find some way to make poetry out of my life's experiences.
You know, I'm trying to sometimes sit down and write some stories about my childhood and maybe one when I'm an old lady put them out like a book.
Well, I had a record deal since I was 18, and it got me where I am.
I've pretty much run the circle of labels and dealing with that whole kind of battle, because you're the one creating the music, but you're not the final say. That's always been hard.
So it's the greatest compliment in the world when people want to hear you sing. That means it feels good to them, so I keep doing it.
My band can tell you, I'd rather do anything than rehearse.
If you think too much about something, you're not feeling it.
I don't talk about my personal life. But the relationships I've had have usually been with other musicians. It's just easier that way.
I can't tell you how freeing it is to have my own label. For the first time in my career, I have total control.
It's time for artists to take their music back.
The only way to get ahead in the music business these days is to call up all your friends. To pool your resources.
I was singing before I could talk.
I don't like modern country music. It's not what I'm into, is all. I'm old-school.
It was hard to work and work and work and not get your music played on the radio.
I was an opening act for 10 years.
I'd like to thank my parents for always stressing, be an individual.
I can't stand too long of a record.
Sometimes a song that didn't make one record will stay in my head for so long and just won't go away. I take that as a hint to keep 'em close and not forget about them.
I don't feel like taking anybody's money.
I just had it with the corporate money, money, money label thing.
I insist on the truth. I surround myself with people who tell the truth.
I just don't conform very well.
What is happy? I think happy's in the moment. I don't think everybody can be happy all the time.
I wanted to be a rock 'n' roll star. It defines life for me. It's all I've ever imagined for myself.
I'm comfortable in my miseries. I have no choice.
Sure I got a mouth on me.
It is so killer to collaborate with someone who gets what you're trying to say.
I was raised in South Alabama in the woods, y'know? I'm country.
I can't write about your pain; I only know my own.
You can't roll a joint on an iPod, buy vinyl.Collection: Ipods
Be exceptional. Make tremendous efforts to be extraordinary. What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankind. Just make sure you do so.Collection: Unique
I still believe in the old-school show thing no frills, no fancy equipment just a guitar and some amps and some drums, and throw it out there and do it the best you can in a live sense, because it's easy to make records. But the live show is where you really show if you've got the balls to do it.Collection: Believe
I never sing a song more than twice because my fear of waning excitement for a piece is part of my troubles. I so rely on vibe, energy and emotions that the technical part occurs to me last.Collection: Song
Music should be poor. Music should be with out air conditioning. That's just the way it is.Collection: Air
Ben [Peeler] and I have known each other for a decade. He trusts my crazy ideas and spontaneous combustion and he gets the players I want and knows the kind of personality players I like. He has taste that I trust and that to me is more important than any technical things.Collection: Crazy
I have my songs ready in my head, gather the guys, play it and then let them go with it. [The music] finds its way, we do what the music says to do......the song is the producer.Collection: Song
I have always wanted to see what the vibe was like and I was right It's on the Vermillion Bayou.Collection: Bayou
Now I can make a thousand dollars a night at a club.Collection: Night
I am a late starter. I like to go on into the night when it's quiet and everything has shut down. I find that's where music and minds open in the dark.Collection: Dark