Sheryl Crow

I hate that word, mature, but I guess I am growing up.

Beck said he didn't believe in the theory of a song coming through you as if you were an open vessel. I agree with him to a certain extent.

A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies that continue to resonate.

I have yet to write that one song that defines my career.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Music commands how we feel, dictates what we experience in our feelings.

Music really becomes the soundtrack to the major events to your life.