The flattery is nice, but awards don't add up to writing quality songs.

Quote by Chantal Kreviazuk

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If I'm writing strictly for others, how does that show what I'm experiencing or thinking?...

If I'm writing strictly for others, how does that show what I'm experiencing or thinking?...

I'm learning a lot about myself being alone, and doing what I'm doing.

I'm learning a lot about myself being alone, and doing what I'm doing.

I can't say I want to earn a particular award or sell a certain number...

I can't say I want to earn a particular award or sell a certain number...

To be honest, I'm not as goal oriented and ambitious as I once was.

To be honest, I'm not as goal oriented and ambitious as I once was.

I seem to have secured some place in world of music and that's kind of...

I seem to have secured some place in world of music and that's kind of...

I listened to my record and hear lots of influences. And it's very rich... it's...

I listened to my record and hear lots of influences. And it's very rich... it's...

Well, Winnepeg has everything to do with my music in the sense it was where...

Well, Winnepeg has everything to do with my music in the sense it was where...

And I think it's a real challenge to be up there sometimes with only a...

And I think it's a real challenge to be up there sometimes with only a...

If certain songs become popular enough to the point where I'll be playing them the...

If certain songs become popular enough to the point where I'll be playing them the...

I've built a solid career there, but America's ten times the size. Now that we're...

I've built a solid career there, but America's ten times the size. Now that we're...

Actually, no, because awards don't spark sales as much as you'd think.

Actually, no, because awards don't spark sales as much as you'd think.

Of course, I would be depressed sometimes, and my Mom would be worried about me...

Of course, I would be depressed sometimes, and my Mom would be worried about me...

I'm not writing just about melancholy stuff anymore, I made a point to cover a...

I'm not writing just about melancholy stuff anymore, I made a point to cover a...

Maybe in past years, perhaps women didn't feel quite as comfortable with revealing themselves, and...

Maybe in past years, perhaps women didn't feel quite as comfortable with revealing themselves, and...

I think it's important to really press on with the song writing and just go...

I think it's important to really press on with the song writing and just go...

Generally my feeling is that I think women are just in a universal way coming...

Generally my feeling is that I think women are just in a universal way coming...

Making sleep happen is a must- anytime, anywhere, from a plane to a train to...

Making sleep happen is a must- anytime, anywhere, from a plane to a train to...

I've found that in now having experienced what it's like to make records and just...

I've found that in now having experienced what it's like to make records and just...

Once I got a record contract, and I took my songs which weren't quite finished,...

Once I got a record contract, and I took my songs which weren't quite finished,...

Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became...

Well, I actually first got into music as a small child, and as I became...