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
label record
I think when you have a record that makes money, there's pressure, sure, ... The label wanted another big seller, and I did, too.
looked proud public
I told her we're not as proud of that in public as we are at home. She looked around and said it's OK because everyone there was Chinese. I guess, in her mind, she farted in English.
play very-inspiring wells
John Floridis was very inspiring. He plays so well.
two guitar singing
I consider myself as a singer first, but something that really helped me come into my own is that there's not a separation between me singing and me playing the guitar. The two fed off the other.
views things-in-life long
Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life. As long as I'm fairly healthy, it's hard to stay dismal for very long.
sticks said melody
One of the dumber things my manager said was, Stick to the melody. But I can't.
mistake unanswered-questions life-mistakes
You say in life, mistakes are many. How come you never admit to any?
sky blue around-the-world
And I never saw blue like that before across the sky around the world
horse healthy mental-illness
Physically, I'm healthy as a horse, always held up. But in the mental illness department, I got my share. It's just what I got.
without-music
Without music, I could not get through.
education drag knows
The less you know, the more I comprehend. You don't have to drag me down, I descend.
artist compelling happy melancholy moving sad space strive
I think that the indefinable space between happy and sad is the most moving and compelling place for an artist to be. If there's anything I consistently strive for, it's a melancholy limbo.
song writing successful
I have yet to have a successful outcome of sitting in a room with someone and trying to write a song. The way that I generally co-write is that someone else writes the music or part of the music.
art moving people
What's great about art is that if you can reach people, if they hear or see what you do and it moves them, there's a commonality.