56 Quotes by Shawn Colvin

Without music, I could not get through.

The less you know, the more I comprehend. You don't have to drag me down, I descend.

I think the thing that has made it possible for me to write personal songs and sing them year after year is the sensibility for good writing. Just opening your veins all over the paper is not necessarily going to be interesting. I wanted to speak to people.

This world’s a blessing and a beast everyday.

The less you know, the more I comprehend. You don’t have to drag me down, I descend.

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.

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.

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