Sheryl Crow

“A lot of people seem to get preoccupied with what I'm wearing as opposed to the music.”

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

“The greatest hits in some weird way marks the end of something.”

“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.”

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

“I hate how I've had the mantle set on my shoulders as being against the record label. We've had some issues, but that is the nature of business.”

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

“Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s.”

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

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

“I've been really, really blessed. I got to perform on stage with Bob Dylan. I've gotten to sing with Mick Jagger.”

“I try to conduct my life with a little levity.”

“A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies that continue to resonate.”

“The bands that wrote the big, heroic rock songs - I really wanted to make a record like that.”

“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.”

“I can always tell when people have had plastic surgery.”

“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.”

“I don't set goals for myself too much, but I'm always trying to write that one great song.”

“I have a golden Lab who goes everywhere with me. He's a great leveler.”

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