Quotes from Sheryl Crow

There's so much of it you can't control. There is no handbook for how to conduct yourself in the public world.

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.

Happiness is not having what you want, it is wanting what you have.

if it makes you happy, then why the hell are you so sad?

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

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

I like a good beer buzz early in the morning.

If it makes you happy, then why are you so sad?

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!

I pride myself on finding balance. I love making music and I love raising my boys - I find time to make both a priority.

I've got no one to blame for every time I feel lame.

You can't be in the public eye without making mistakes and having some regrets and having people analyze everything you do.

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

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

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

That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing.

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

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.

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

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 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.

Love is the most important thing in life. If you don't have (a relationship), you're always looking for one.

I think everyone became sick of Sheryl Crow. I actually became sick of Sheryl Crow.

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.