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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.
Shelby Lynne
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Shelby Lynne
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: October 22
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I love being a gypsy and getting on the bus with the band making sounds for the people who love and enjoy a night of Americana and good times.
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If you think too much about something, you're not feeling it.
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A great hang is mandatory. But in all of my years as a traveling musician, on a whole it's been pretty damn magical. There have been a couple duds along the way, but most time, I'm in awe of the guys who want to play on my records.
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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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Imagery is the most important to me when singing stories. I try to paint pictures with the words and decorate with little to no singing....let the song do the work.
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I just had it with the corporate money, money, money label thing.
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I can't tell you how freeing it is to have my own label. For the first time in my career, I have total control.
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I was an opening act for 10 years.
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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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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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I feel like records are moments in time, a modern moment that feels right then and it found its way to us then, that minute. We can all try and repeat records we have made that had success, but it's not possible.
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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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I like rules that are broken.
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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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My band can tell you, I'd rather do anything than rehearse.
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I have never had a problem letting a record go.Honestly when I'm making them, mixing them Honestly when I'm making them, mixing them.
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I am a late starter. I like to go on into the night when it's quiet and everything has shut down. I find that's where music and minds open in the dark.
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