Shelby Lynne Quotes

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• You can't roll a joint on an iPod, buy vinyl.

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  Ipods, Joints, Vinyl

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• 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.

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  Believe, Old School, Guitar

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• 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.

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  Unique, Effort, Privilege

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• I love being a gypsy and getting on the bus with the band making sounds for the people who love and enjoy a night of Americana and good times.

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  Night, Love Is, People

  Interview by Allison Moorer, innocentwords.com. May 1, 2015.

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• I was singing before I could talk.

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  Singing

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• I wanted to be a rock 'n' roll star. It defines life for me. It's all I've ever imagined for myself.

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  Stars, Rocks, Rock N Roll

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• I don't feel like taking anybody's money.

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  Feels

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• There's not anything I can fix, change, make better its out to the world. I'd like to say that I like my records but it's for reasons other than enjoyment, it's more like a notch on my revolver, one more down. I am proud of my work, yes but its accomplishment to me and another year of schooling,in making records it can always be better!

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  Years, Accomplishment, Records

  Source: innocentwords.com

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• 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.

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  Art, Believe, Thinking

  "Shelby Lynne: On Vulnerability and Not Flinching". Interview with Deborah Stambler, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2012.

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• It's taken me years to embrace the softer elements of who I am and let that shine some.

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  Taken, Who I Am, Years

  "Shelby Lynne: On Vulnerability and Not Flinching". Interview with Deborah Stambler, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2012.

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• I like strength. I depend on my own.

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  My Own, Depends

  "Shelby Lynne: On Vulnerability and Not Flinching". Interview with Deborah Stambler, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2012.

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• Imagery is the most important to me when singing stories. I try to paint pictures with the words and decorate with little to no singing....let the song do the work.

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  Song, Singing, Trying

  Interview by Allison Moorer, innocentwords.com. May 1, 2015.

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• Music should be poor. Music should be with out air conditioning. That's just the way it is.

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  Air, Way, Poor

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• 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.

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  Crazy, Player, Ideas

  Source: innocentwords.com

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• 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.

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  Running, Circles, Creating

  "Singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 29, 2010.

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• I wasn't encouraged to write just stand there and sing and I never thought I was a writer. I always figured if I couldn't write something as good as "He Stopped Loving Her Today," then what's the point?

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  Writing, Today, Ifs

  Interview by Allison Moorer, innocentwords.com. May 1, 2015.

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• I was an opening act for 10 years.

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  Years, Opening

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• 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.

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  Song, Writing, Thinking

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• I insist on the truth. I surround myself with people who tell the truth.

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  People, Telling The Truth, Surround

  "An everyday tale of country folk" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. November 8, 2001.

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• The musings are the same I believe the fire to create burns so heavily that I am never far from a guitar or a fountain pen.

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  Believe, Guitar, Fire

  Interview by Allison Moorer, innocentwords.com. May 1, 2015.

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• I write about what I know.

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  Writing, Knows

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• I don't like modern country music. It's not what I'm into, is all. I'm old-school.

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  Country, School, Old School

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• 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.

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  Careers, Labels, Firsts

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• I can find some way to make poetry out of my life's experiences.

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  Way, I Can

  "Singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. December 2, 2011.

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• I can't stand too long of a record.

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  Long, Records, I Can

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