Shelby Lynne Quotes

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Shelby Lynne

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 22, 1968

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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I can't write about your pain; I only know my own.

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I just don't conform very well.

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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.

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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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All I do is party.

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I like rules that are broken.

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I like to make great albums.

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I like strength. I depend on my own.

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I write about what I know.

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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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I feel like I've kind of gotten to a peaceful place in my heart.

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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.

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

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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.

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Well, I had a record deal since I was 18, and it got me where I am.

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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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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.

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My band can tell you, I'd rather do anything than rehearse.

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If you think too much about something, you're not feeling it.

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