56 Quotes by Shawn Colvin

There were bars that began to have acoustic musicians play, it was 1970: Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, America, The Eagles, all that kind of stuff was popular. It was very easy for me to just kind of move in and be noticed.

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long.

One of the dumber things my manager said was, Stick to the melody. But I can't.

This world's a blessing and a beast everyday.

Give me some credit for the hell I've paid.

You say in life, mistakes are many. How come you never admit to any?

And I never saw blue like that before across the sky around the world

The past is stronger than my will to forgive forgive you, or myself, I don't know.

Physically, I'm healthy as a horse, always held up. But in the mental illness department, I got my share. It's just what I got.