Shelby Lynne Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

A hit would be great, whatever that means, but I'd rather make albums and let the album be a hit.

A lot of Southerners try to change where they're from.

All I do is party.

And I'm not worried about having hit records.

Artists should be able to change, progress and evolve.

But I don't see why what I'm writing couldn't be a hit record.

Dolly's one of the pioneers of women in songwriting and having class and being successful at writing her own songs, as well as being a great star and a great singer.

Don't get me wrong - there are lots of killer songs written in Nashville, but I just found it easier to sing passionately about my own experiences.

I am just doing my thing because I love music and it is great others are feeling it as well.

I am very picky about my people and my beer.

I appreciate all fans for their support.

I did it, I lived it, I learned from it and I had some great experiences that led to making my new record.

I didn't have a record label, then. I didn't even know I was going to have one.

I don't believe in cutting a song because it's a hit song.

I don't claim to be a record producer.

I don't have any bad feelings about Nashville.

I don't like comparisons and I don't like people that make them.

I don't make records for the radio.

I don't separate myself from what I play.

I don't write songs for critics or reviewers. I don't care what they think.

I feel like the more real you can make it, the better record you'll have - as long as it's not obnoxious or cutesy in any way.

I had to be my own judge and I never got insecure about it because I had nothing to lose.

I hate it when people compare records.

I just have to sing. It is something that I love to do.

I just take my South wherever I go... I'm a Southerner and I will always be.

I like everything about the South, except when it gets down to a few issues.

I like rules that are broken.

I like to make great albums.

I love being from the South. It's who I am.

I played most of the instruments and we recorded most of the songs in one take with just me, a bassist and a sound engineer in the room.

I think Dolly's the greatest star in the business, of all time. She's got it all - the talent, the look, the personality, the sense of humor, the drive. She's everything I would ever want to be.

I think the theory is that I'm a little too much on the left side of things to have had that happen.

I wanted to do this record and let the songs speak for themselves.

I was just trying to change my life and moving out of Nashville; I didn't want to do that anymore.

I write for the sake of the song.

I write the songs now, first off.

I'm a singer. I write songs, play a little guitar and I know what I like to hear.

I'm always for that emotional vibe instead of the perfect vibe.

I'm too much of an outlaw to fit in a perfect little box.

I've never heard anything where all the harmony parts were as loud as the lead vocal. It's just a different way.

Ideas started to flow by just being alone and being able to be really creative.

In fact I like to aggravate radio people.

It isn't intentional, but I have always been an old lady.

It's too grueling - and too much a waste of my time - to think about trying to get on the radio.

Just listen and if you don't like it, well, suit yourself.

One important thing I learned from Nashville was to be true to myself.

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.

The difference is, I do what I want to do now. I don't have the drudgery or the pressure of having to get something on the radio.

The song is what matters. I don't analyze it.

There's a lot of noise on this record because I'm not that picky about that kind of stuff.

Well, the craziest thing so far was the night we left I wrestled the band.

Well, we're just going to rock. We're gonna have a good time.

You put your heart out there and if people show appreciation for what you do, it is a great feeling.

Trivia

Country music singer and songwriter.

Sister of Allison Moorer.

Won the "Best New Artist" award for the 2001 Grammys, even though she had been in the business for 13 years. Upon receiving the award, she quipped (with great sarcasm), "Wow! It took six albums to win Best New Artist!"