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Shelby Lynne

(1968) Singer-songwriter United States

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Shelby Lynne is a singer-songwriter from the United States, best known for Not dark yet.

Quick Facts About Shelby Lynne

Born: October 22, 1968
Nationality: United States
Profession: Singer-songwriter
Notable works: Not dark yet

About Shelby Lynne

Shelby Lynn Moorer, known professionally as Shelby Lynne, is an American singer and songwriter and the older sister of singer-songwriter Allison Moorer. The success of her pop rock album I Am Shelby Lynne (1999) led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, despite it being her sixth studio album. She released a Dusty Springfield tribute album called Just a Little Lovin' in 2008. Since then she has started her own independent record label, called Everso Records, and released six albums: Tears, Lies and Alibis; Merry Christmas; Revelation Road; Thanks; I Can't Imagine; and Shelby Lynne. Lynne is also known for her distinctive contralto voice.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Grammy Award for Best New Artist

Quotes by Shelby Lynne

I was singing before I could talk.

Music making

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What is happy? I think happy's in the moment. I don't think everybody can be happy all the time.

Happiness

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I love being a gypsy and getting on the bus with the band making sounds for the people who love and enjoy…

Americana

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It's taken me years to embrace the softer elements of who I am and let that shine some.

Elements

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It was hard to work and work and work and not get your music played on the radio.

Get

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I didn't go to college.

College

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Imagery is the most important to me when singing stories. I try to paint pictures with the words and decorate with little…

Imagery

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All I do is party.

Equality

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It is so killer to collaborate with someone who gets what you're trying to say.

Collaborate

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I have my songs ready in my head, gather the guys, play it and then let them go with it. [The music]…

Guy

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Now I can make a thousand dollars a night at a club.

Clubs

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I am very picky about my people and my beer.

Beer

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Ben [Peeler] and I have known each other for a decade. He trusts my crazy ideas and spontaneous combustion and he gets…

Combustion

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I still believe in the old-school show thing no frills, no fancy equipment just a guitar and some amps and some drums,…

Balls

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Be exceptional. Make tremendous efforts to be extraordinary. What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation…

Donation

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So it's the greatest compliment in the world when people want to hear you sing. That means it feels good to them,…

Compliment

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I'm comfortable in my miseries. I have no choice.

Choice

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I can't stand too long of a record.

Long

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I was an opening act for 10 years.

Opening

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I write about what I know.

About

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A great hang is mandatory. But in all of my years as a traveling musician, on a whole it's been pretty damn…

Awe

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I love the live cut part of making records the surprises are the prizes.

Cutting

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The musings are the same I believe the fire to create burns so heavily that I am never far from a guitar…

Believe

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My thinking brain never stops my creative brain never stops so they wrestle a lot and get in fights sometimes they fight…

Brain

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You know, I'm trying to sometimes sit down and write some stories about my childhood and maybe one when I'm an old…

About

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Shelby Lynne by topic

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