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I was an opening act for 10 years.

Shelby Lynne

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Shelby Lynne
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: October 22
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Quantico
Virginia
Shelby Lynn Moorer
Opening
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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 can find some way to make poetry out of my life's experiences.
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I can't write about your pain I only know my own.
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I write about what I know.
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My band can tell you, I'd rather do anything than rehearse.
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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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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 I've kind of gotten to a peaceful place in my heart.
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I like strength. I depend on my own.
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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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The only way to get ahead in the music business these days is to call up all your friends. To pool your resources.
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What is happy? I think happy's in the moment. I don't think everybody can be happy all the time.
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It was hard to work and work and work and not get your music played on the radio.
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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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Now I can make a thousand dollars a night at a club.
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The musings are the same I believe the fire to create burns so heavily that I am never far from a guitar or a fountain pen.
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I'd like to thank my parents for always stressing, be an individual.
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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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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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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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