Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvinis an American folk music singer-songwriter and musician widely known for her Grammy-winning 1997 single "Sunny Came Home."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth10 January 1956
CityVermillion, SD
CountryUnited States of America
thinking people done
I dont like doing whats expected. Ive always done best when Ive listened to my instincts rather than following convention or doing what other people think I should do.
ability art entirely good healing heck music notes personal voices
Music is a healing force. That's what good art is. That's what art is. I shouldn't say 'good' because that's an entirely personal call. It's magic, ... What is music? Where does it come from? We have the ability to take these instruments and voices and make these notes with them and do these things with them. What the heck is that? It's magic. It does what nothing else can do.
moving eagles play
There were bars that began to have acoustic musicians play, it was 1970: Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, America, The Eagles, all that kind of stuff was popular. It was very easy for me to just kind of move in and be noticed.
giving credit politics
Give me some credit for the hell I've paid.
reality blessing everyday
This world's a blessing and a beast everyday.
past forgiving stronger
The past is stronger than my will to forgive forgive you, or myself, I don't know.
song writing thinking
I think the thing that has made it possible for me to write personal songs and sing them year after year is the sensibility for good writing. Just opening your veins all over the paper is not necessarily going to be interesting. I wanted to speak to people.