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

Quote by Shawn Colvin

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I consider myself as a singer first, but something that really helped me come into...

I consider myself as a singer first, but something that really helped me come into...

I think the thing that has made it possible for me to write personal songs...

I think the thing that has made it possible for me to write personal songs...

There were bars that began to have acoustic musicians play, it was 1970: Joni Mitchell,...

There were bars that began to have acoustic musicians play, it was 1970: Joni Mitchell,...

I have yet to have a successful outcome of sitting in a room with someone...

I have yet to have a successful outcome of sitting in a room with someone...

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out...

Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out...

Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist...someone who made the...

Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist...someone who made the...

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics...

In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics...

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and...

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value...

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American middle class.

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American middle class.

If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is not merely because evil...

If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, it is not merely because evil...

I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come...

I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come...

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the...

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the...

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

If youre sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come...

If youre sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come...

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of...

Do not crush the flowers of wisdom with the hobnail boots of cynicism.

Do not crush the flowers of wisdom with the hobnail boots of cynicism.

I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped...

I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped...

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come...

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come...

The opposite of creativity is cynicism

The opposite of creativity is cynicism