Shelby Lynne

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.

I feel like I've kind of gotten to a peaceful place in my heart.

I like strength. I depend on my own.

I just had it with the corporate money, money, money label thing.

I'm comfortable in my miseries. I have no choice.

If you think too much about something, you're not feeling it.

I don't talk about my personal life. But the relationships I've had have usually been with other musicians. It's just easier that way.

I can find some way to make poetry out of my life's experiences.

I wanted to be a rock 'n' roll star. It defines life for me. It's all I've ever imagined for myself.

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.

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.

I don't feel like taking anybody's money.