If you want to turn on your boyfriend, get naked and strap on an accordion.

Such a muddy line between the things you want/And the things you have to do.

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

Everybody gets high, everybody gets low, these are the days when anything goes.

Being an older mom, I'm super mellow with my kids. Also, "curious" and "loving.

Watch our children while they kill each other with guns they bought at Wal-Mart.

I am learning. I'm a slow learner. I repeat myself three times, relationship wise.

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

I become more seasoned, it's less interesting to try and compete in the pop market.

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

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about regrets because there's nothing I can do.

L.A. to me feels like music industry, and Nashville to me feels like music community.

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

The writing process for me is pretty much always the same - it's a solitary experience.

No matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere.

I didn't get into making music for the fame aspect. There are people who do desire that.

Took your car, drove to Texas. Sorry honey, but I suspected, you and I can't cry anymore.

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

Most writers like to maintain some sort of anonymity. For me, making videos was an assault.

All my friends say I have to get right back on the bike. And I keep saying maybe not a bike.

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

I look at my hands and go, 'Hmm...what happened? Whose hands are those? Oh my God, they're mine'

If it makes you happy It can't be that bad If it makes you happy Then why the hell are you so sad

I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting.

I had the luxury of falling down a few times and picking myself up as a stronger version of myself.

Some people are really good at maneuvering their careers and images and I'm not one of those people.

The only person who can save you is you: That going to be the thing that informed the rest of my life.

I feel like I've passed through a certain door in my life and that I'm standing in a different room now.

When you tune your guitar in a different way, it lends itself to a new way of looking at your songwriting.

As both a musician and a former teacher, I feel that music is as important to kids as reading and writing.

Love is the most important thing in life. If you don't have (a relationship), you're always looking for one.

That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing.

I try to ride my horses three times a week. It's nice to be out in nature, where you can't take a phone call.

There's so much of it you can't control. There is no handbook for how to conduct yourself in the public world.

Let's face it, life is a constant challenge. It's full of unexpected detours that no one but you can navigate.

I am sweet, I am ugly, I am mean if you love me. I'll try hard just to please you, when I say I don't need you.

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

I dress up with a conscience when I think you'll be watching. I say all the right things, I don't know what I mean.

Bring you comics in bed, scrape the mold off the bread, and serve you French toast again. Okay, I still get stoned.

Some women drop off the face of the earth when they get involved with a man. And that's what it's been like with me.

I pride myself on finding balance. I love making music and I love raising my boys - I find time to make both a priority.

If compassion was the motivating factor behind all of our decisions, would our world not be a completely different place?

You can't be in the public eye without making mistakes and having some regrets and having people analyze everything you do.

Generally, when you let go of your vision of how something is supposed to be, the universe hands you exactly what you need.

I've only been making records since 1991. When you look at the long-standing careers of people like Joni, it's not very long!

I would never put a video in front of my kid. While I don't use videos as a babysitter, they have come in handy on the airplane.

More than 10 million Americans are living with cancer, and they demonstrate the ever-increasing possibility of living beyond cancer.

~Wyatt [my adopted son] is definitely all mine. Little souls find their way to you whether they're from your womb or someone else's.~

However I am is however I am. When you see me onstage or in the press, there's not a lot of thought and calculation that goes into it.

There's a lot of integrity with musicians; you really still aspire to grow, and be great, to be the best version of yourself you can be.

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