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Quotes by Sheryl Crow

Sheryl Crow

“There aint nothing like regret to remind you youre alive.”

“Im not dead. I mean, I may be getting older, but Im not dead!”

“I look at my hands and go, Hmm...what happened? Whose hands are those? Oh my God, theyre mine”

“If it makes you happy, why the hell are you so sad?”

“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.”

“Once over there [Balkans], I felt extremely patriotic. Here are these people, from 18-year-olds to military veterans, enduring real duress for the cause of peace. I dont ever want to play for a regular audience again, only military folks who are starving for music.”

“Watch out sister, watch out brother, watch our childer while they kill each other with a gun they bought at Wal-Mart discount stores.”

“My yesterdays are all boxed up and neatly put away,”

“Under this rock lives someone who rocks.”

“Its kind of a reminder, particularly when you look at his young children, how they gravitate to goodness and to light, ... The idea of the song is that no matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere.”

“Everything that happens to you influences your writing,”

“If It Makes You Happy,”

“[LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) -] A change, ... would do you good.”

“Thats how you know youve arrived, huh?”

“Someone asked me the other day if I was going to wear a yellow dress.”

“And its laughter that I hear when I close my eyesAnd its one more punchline I forgot to learnI call you up when my bottles dryIm on my way to crash and burn.”

“Dont the wounded bird still sing?”

“I had good intentions to do both (albums), and I started feeling like Wildflower was that art album. But then I thought that any pop songs I did after that would make it overlooked.”

“Being around children that small, you see how naturally they gravitate to the light. Theyre not cynical yet. It takes many years to unlearn that kind of innocence.”

“Scared of the world outside you should go explore, pull all the shades and wander the great indoors. Though lately I cant blame you, I have seent he world and sometimes I wish your room had room for two.”