Sheryl Crow Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
24th October 2014
Fact: Sheryl Crow has finally sold her Hollywood Hills house, two years after it went on the market. She originally listed it in 2012 for $16 million (£10 million) but the 11-bedroom property sold for $11 million (£6.8 million). Crow bought the home in 1998 for $8.4 million (£5.2 million).
16th July 2014
Quote: "I had always gone out with guys who were highly successful, which would seem like it would put me at an equal level. But what ends up happening is that one of you becomes smaller - and it was always me. It's always the woman. I mean, I don't know if it's always the woman, but I do think sometimes in order for one person's light to shine, everyone else has to dim theirs." Singer Sheryl Crow never felt like an equal in her high-profile relationships with stars like Eric Clapton, actor Owen Wilson and disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong.
21st November 2013
Fact: The Backstreet Boys, Sheryl Crow and Anna Kendrick will be among the stars performing at this year's big Christmas bash in Washington, D.C. The three acts will join host Hugh Jackman for the annual Christmas in Washington concert on 10 December (13), which will be attended by U.S. leader President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle. The big festive show will be broadcast in America 10 days later (20Dec13).
15th November 2013
Fact: Actor Damian Lewis teamed up with singer Sheryl Crow to play a game of charades against British comedian Steve Coogan and Jimmy Fallon on the Tv host's LATE NIGHT WITH Jimmy Fallon talk show on Thursday (14Nov13). Lewis and Crow managed to crush the competition after successfully guessing clues including films Black Swan and A Chorus Line.
27th September 2013
Quote: "A friend of mine bought me a Botox gift package for my 42nd birthday after I kept saying to her how good she looked. When the technicians came in, I saw they had those really high eyebrows and I just went, 'What am I doing?!'" Singer Sheryl Crow flirted with the idea of having age-fighting injections.
13th September 2013
Quote: "I would love to get married. In fact, my six year old the other day said, 'Mummy, when you get married blah, blah, blah.' And I felt, 'Wow.' And I remember my three year old the other day say to one of his buddies, 'Why don't I don't have a daddy?' And it was so matter of fact... It's stunning to me. It was not exactly the way I thought my life is going to be." Single Sheryl Crow, who is mother to two adopted sons, still dreams of walking down the aisle one day.
13th September 2013
Quote: "I've read a couple of times that Jennifer Aniston... the two of us have been dumped more than any two people but, it's not true. I mean, I don't like my private life to be for the public consumption so I really don't discuss what happens in my relationships. So people don't get the story... (But) I take great credit for some of them that might have been because, you know, its difficult to date a woman who's strong and she runs a business and who's gone a lot." Singer Sheryl Crow sets the record straight on her past relationships.
13th September 2013
Quote: "People still keep asking me about him. It's such a stretch for me because it does feel like a past life. It has such little relevance to my life now - in fact, zero relevance... I haven't seen him in years... It feels like a lifetime ago really, honestly." Sheryl Crow wants to stop talking about her former fiance, shamed cyclist Lance Armstrong.
7th July 2013
Tweet: "Thank God people walked away from the plane crash. Thinking of the two young girls who didnt make it." Singer Sheryl Crow is still reeling from the horrific Asiana Airlines plane crash at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday (06Jul13), which left two Chinese teenagers dead and 182 injured.
30th May 2013
Quote: "I made Brad Paisley write a chick song about being a single mom." Sheryl Crow on song Waterproof Mascara, which Brad Paisley wrote for her new album Feels Like Home.
14th May 2013
Tweet: "I commend Angelina Jolie for her courage and thoughtfulness in sharing her story today regarding her mastectomy. So brave! Ladies, please check out Angelina Jolie's story today, especially if you have breast cancer in your family history." Cancer survivor Sheryl Crow urges her fans to read about the Hollywood actress' preventative double mastectomy, which she went public with on Tuesday (14May13).
23rd January 2013
Quote: "I know how hard he worked to win those titles, and you know, it was hard to watch (his interview with Oprah Winfrey)... I felt bad for him, I felt bad for his family and I kind of felt like the rest of America. He is a hero we watched and looked up to and admire. It's gotta be hard walking around knowing you're not telling the truth about something." Singer Sheryl Crow was devastated to hear her former fiance, shamed cyclist Lance Armstrong, open up about the doping scandal which cost him his seven Tour de France.
7th December 2012
Quote: "It’s been really fun to make. I made it at home in my barn... It's probably more country than a lot of country that is getting played (on the radio), so I hope I get played." Sheryl Crow on her first country album, which will be released next year (13).
6th June 2012
Tweet: "Hey everyone - don't worry about my 'brain tumour', it's non-cancerous. Feeling healthy, happy & working on my new record! Appreciate the love and support, I'm fine, really!" Singer Sheryl Crow assures fans she is doing well after she was diagnosed with a benign growth in her brain.
16th August 2011
Fact: Sheryl Crow has been named an ambassador to St. Jude's Children Hospital's new Music Gives programme.
7th April 2011
Quote: "I'm strict. I think one thing that is missing now with kids is the hierarchy of adults not being friends, even though ultimately that's what you want with your kids." Sheryl Crow on raising her sons Levi and Wyatt.
24th February 2011
Fact: Star Trek legend William Shatner is set to serve as host for the Hollywood Charity Horse Show on 30 April (11). The event, to be held at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center, will feature a horse reigning competition as well as a performance from animal-loving singer Sheryl Crow.
17th November 2010
Quote: "My three year old likes Lady Gaga... I'm like, 'Really? Well, OK, you're not going to college.'" Sheryl Crow doesn't approve of her son's musical taste.
5th November 2010
Quote: "If I could sing a duet with any musician past or present it would have to be Frank Sinatra. And I’d love to have danced with Gene Kelly. I saw Brigadoon when I was eight or so. I really believed that I was supposed to be with him!" Sheryl Crow on her dream collaborations with dead guys.
18th October 2010
Fact: Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert are teaming up to sing a special tribute version of Loretta Lynn classic COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER at the Country Music Association Awards next month (Nov10), when the veteran star will be honoured for her career achievements. The event, hosted by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley, will air on U.S. TV on 10 November (10).
27th September 2010
Quote: "Before I was diagnosed, I was very particular about not seeing the audience. I wanted the audience to be pretty dark, so there wasn't the distraction of making eye contact. Now I have to see people, I have to make that connection." Singer Sheryl Crow has adopted a new approach to performing since beating breast cancer in 2006.
31st August 2010
Quote: "You listen to Elvis tell you about his house. There's something really surreal about that. It was very affecting for all of us. We were cynical when we went in, but we came out of it feeling like we had experienced something cool." Sheryl Crow on her first visit to Elvis Presley's Memphis, Tennessee mansion Graceland.
30th August 2010
Quote: "I grew up playing piano... I realised at a very early age I could play by ear. I remember going into our living room, turning off all the lights and pretending I was Stevie Wonder." Sheryl Crow on her musical youth.
4th August 2010
Quote: "I was watching a soccer player called Cesc Fabregas who was on the TV. I liked the way he looked and the way he carried himself. Nice dark hair, too. But, you know, having the hots for a sportsman on the TV isn't very healthy, is it?" Sheryl Crow has a secret crush on Spanish soccer star CESC FABREGAS.
4th August 2010
Quote: "I know people have them in the toilet so they get to see them every day, but mine are in the library back home... They're weighty things. They'd make a good weapon if there was a break-in, that's for sure." Sheryl Crow has a novel use for her Grammy Awards.
21st July 2010
Quote: "When they're little, they're not tethered to one place. Until they're in a structured school situation, it's easy to travel. The bus is completely tricked out for kids. I go to work at nine at night, so I put them down and go to work." Rocker Sheryl Crow defends her decision to take her sons Wyatt, three, and 11-week-old Levi on tour with her. The singer will launch her U.S. tour next month (12Aug10).
8th July 2010
Quote: "We get together at each other's homes, make dinner, and have girls' nights in. Or we'll go out for dinner and a drink - though we're mommies, so we don't let it all hang out." Mum-of-two Sheryl Crow escapes the pressures of parenthood with her celebrity Tennessee-based pals, fellow mothers Nicole Kidman and KIM WILLIAMS-PAISLEY, the wife of country star Brad Paisley.
19th June 2010
Quote: "He changed my life completely. I’ve really put roots down with him. His happiness is my priority." Singer Sheryl Crow on her three-year-old son Wyatt. The star is also mum to adopted baby boy Levi James, seven weeks.
14th June 2010
Quote: "One is one and two is twenty. I can't believe how much stuff is needed for two kids! We're getting ready to go on the road in a couple of days and I don't think there's going to be any room on the bus for my stuff." Sheryl Crow is preparing to take her newly adopted baby son Levi, and his older brother Wyatt, on the road for her upcoming U.S. tour.
9th June 2010
Quote: "He's perfect in every way. At this stage, he's the perfect little blob who eats, sleeps and poops - just precious, hardly ever cries. Wyatt actually loves him and loves being a big brother, so so far, so great." Sheryl Crow on her new family addition, adopted son Levi James.
14th May 2010
Quote: "He's so cool, I'm just such a kid when I'm around him... Keith is the real deal. It was a reggae tune and he, of course, has a place on the islands. He just rocks it." Sheryl Crow was star struck working with ROLLING STONE Keith Richards on a song for her upcoming album, 100 Miles from Memphis.
13th May 2010
Quote: "When I was a school teacher I made $17,000 (£11,330) the first year, $18,100 (£12,000) the next year. And on that one commercial I made about $47,000 (£31,330). And this was 20 years ago. One 45 minute session in the studio I made more than in two years of teaching." Teacher-turned-rocker Sheryl Crow is stunned by the royalty payments she received from a jingle she made for MCDonald's in the early 1990s.
15th October 2009
Fact: Bruce Springsteen, U2 stars Bono and The Edge and Sheryl Crow will be among the guests joining Elvis Costello for the second season of his Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... TV show, which debuts in December (09).
9th July 2009
Quote: "I don't care what kind of music you're into, there's something special in him that isn't of this world." Michael Jackson's one-time backing singer Sheryl Crow on the late King of Pop.
18th June 2009
Quote: "We go way back... (but) I'm just here for the party." Sheryl Crow urges the media not to read too much into her decision to attend the CMT Awards in Nashville, Tennessee as former partner Kid Rock's date.
17th June 2009
Fact: Former couple Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow showed they're still the best of friends by sitting together at Tuesday's (16Jun09) CMT Awards in Nashville, Tennessee.
20th March 2009
Quote: Sheryl and I not only work together well, but were really good friends. If we ever wanted to go out and do a really cool, folky little rock n roll tour together, we could totally do it. We have the songs. Fleetwood Mac star Stevie Nicks is planning a joint tour with Sheryl Crow.
9th February 2009
Fact: Next week is going to be one party after another for best pals Jennifer Aniston, Sheryl Crow and Laura Dern - they all celebrate birthdays within two days of each other. Aniston turns 40 on 11 February (09), the same day Crow hits 47. Dern celebrates her 42nd on 10 February (09).
7th October 2008
Fact: Paul McCartney, Madonna and Duran Duran will be featured on a forthcoming collection of James Bond themes. The LP, entitled The Best Of Bond…James Bond, is due out in the U.S. on 28 October (08) and will also include tracks from Tina Turner, A-HA, Louis Armstrong, Sheryl Crow and Garbage.
29th August 2008
Quote: "We have a white-trash backyard. We pop outside of the tour bus and set-up our lawn chairs, the baby pool and the iPod speakers. It's totally a tailgate." Singer Sheryl Crow on raising her one-year-old son Wyatt on tour.
25th July 2008
Quote: "When I cut my hair short, my career tanked for about four years." Sheryl Crow takes her image seriously.
26th June 2008
Quote: "I've got everything from HOWLIN' WOLF to YO YO MA to Sheryl Crow to JAY-Z." U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama on his iPod favourites.
26th June 2008
Quote: "People have more loyalty to my hair than my music. Life is weird." Rocker Sheryl Crow on how upset her fans were when she chopped off her long locks in 1999.
24th June 2008
Quote: "Not even my nine Grammys mean as much to me as having the friendship of a man like him." Musician Sheryl Crow stresses how much her friendship with fellow rocker Bob Dylan means to her.
24th June 2008
Quote: "I toured with him for a year, and every night he stroked the inside of my thigh, but we barely even spoke." Rocker Sheryl Crow recalls her strange experiences with Michael Jackson when she was a back-up dancer for him in the late 1980s.
27th March 2008
Quote: "It's really a simple life. It's very serene. I can garden... and farmers are hot!" Singer Sheryl Crow likes living in rural Tennessee.
29th February 2008
Quote: "I had a pretty clear picture of what my life was supposed to be - I was supposed to have a big career but at the same time a husband, the house and the kids." Single mum Sheryl Crow recalls her childhood dreams of the perfect life.
19th February 2008
Quote: "I'm thinking about going. It looks like loads of fun and I know my career will benefit from it." Country singer Sheryl Crow jokes about checking herself into rehab.
15th February 2008
Quote: "Having been in a relationship with maybe the world's most well-known cancer survivor, that was irony." Sheryl Crow on being diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after splitting from her fiance Lance Armstrong. The cyclist overcame testicular cancer in 1996.
13th February 2008
Quote: "I'm the poster child for early detection." Sheryl Crow is proud to be known for beating cancer because she went to her doctor for regular check-ups.
14th January 2008
Quote: "I've been engaged three times, so I have a thing about diamonds." Sheryl Crow on her new song DIAMOND RING, on which she sings, "Diamond ring shouldn't change a thing/F**ks up everything."
29th December 2007
Fact: Sheryl Crow's new song, LULLABY FOR WYATT, is a tribute to her adopted son. The baby was in the studio while mum was recording the tune and Crow insists if fans listen carefully, the tot can be heard at the end of the song.
21st August 2007
Fact: Avril Lavigne, Sheryl Crow and Fiona Apple will headline the inaugural Girlfrenzy music festival at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, California on 27 October (07).
31st May 2007
Fact: Singer Sheryl Crow has hired the same nanny as Julia Roberts and Reese Witherspoon to look after her new adopted baby.
28th May 2007
Quote: "My favourite moment is waking up in the middle of the night and seeing him next to me and realising, 'Oh, he's still here! How fantastic! It's not a dream.'" Sheryl Crow on coming to terms with being a first-time mum to adopted baby Wyatt.
16th April 2007
Quote: "We had mosquitoes all the way through Thanksgiving this year in Nashville. It all feels biblical." Sheryl Crow on her environmental concerns. The rocker is currently touring American colleges with leading environmentalist Laurie David. She adds, "We're the Simon + Garfunkel of global warming."
9th March 2007
Quote: "It undermines art in every way and promotes commercialism. I am sad people love it so." Sheryl Crow hates TV talent show American Idol.
15th December 2006
Quote: "When I was eight, I wrote him a letter, because I really wanted to marry him. He wrote me back. He said good luck." Sheryl Crow on her first crush, Gene Kelly.
1st December 2006
Quote: "They've put, like, $60 million into women's issues and I like it when a product is aligning itself with an issue that people really feel compelled (about)." Sheryl Crow describes the thrill of being asked to become one of cosmetics giant Revlon's faces for 2007.
1st December 2006
Quote: "I still cry and it's good, I love crying... I try to cry once a day just to purge it." Rocker Sheryl Crow is still emotionally charged by her breast cancer battle.
15th November 2006
Quote: "I don't rap - that's the kiss of death. I saw K-FED rapping on TV, and he's certainly no Kanye West." Michael J Fox recently jammed on guitar with rocker Sheryl Crow at a charity event, but knows his limits when it comes to his talent.
11th October 2006
Fact: Country superstar Keith Urban joined Sheryl Crow on stage at the Starwood Ampitheatre in Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday (08OCT06). The pair played Crow's IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY and the Tom Petty/Stevie Nicks duet STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND.
28th August 2006
Quote: "I feel sorry for him because you can look at him and see that he's an unhappy person - you don't change your stamp by doing all that plastic surgery and portray yourself to be happy." Sheryl Crow talks about Michael Jackson, who she sang back-up for when he toured to promote his BAD album.
28th August 2006
Fact: Rocker John Mayer pulled out of a Connecticut concert with Sheryl Crow on Saturday (26AUG06) after he was struck down with laryngitis.
25th August 2006
Quote: "I was the first person to wear one... They were just starting to build a campaign." Sheryl Crow boasts about being the first to sport one of ex-fiance Lance Armstrong's famous yellow 'Livestrong' bracelets.
25th August 2006
Fact: Faith Hill and Sheryl Crow have been chosen as two of fitness magazine Self's 10 Most Inspiring Women. Joining the singers are actresses Jennifer Garner, Reese Witherspoon, Brooke Shields and designer DONNA KARAN.
24th August 2006
Quote: "Because, in those moments, you're just trying to find anything humorous, I can remember saying with my family, 'Do you get it from kissing.'" The irony wasn't lost on Sheryl Crow when she was diagnosed with cancer weeks after splitting from cancer survivor LANCE ARMSTRONG.
13th August 2006
Quote: "I was asked a month ago about us being involved. I was like, 'Wow, we're not even touring yet.'" Sheryl Crow on reports she's dating her upcoming tour partner JOHN MAYER.
9th July 2006
Quote: "I was rooting for ELLIOT (YAMIN) the whole way. I'm still as mad as a hornet he didn't win." Rocker Sheryl Crow on watching endless hours of American Idol as she recovered from breast cancer treatment earlier this year (06).
7th July 2006
Fact: Bob Dylan helped cheer Sheryl Crow up after she split from cyclist Lance Armstrong - he sent his musical pal a bunch of flowers.
24th May 2006
Quote: "The words are just coming back to me now. I knew it last night. I think the radiation went to my brain." Rocker Sheryl Crow on messing up the words to her hit SOAK UP THE SUN at her first public performance since being diagnosed with breast cancer.
8th May 2006
Quote: "What woman hasn't wanted to be MICK (JAGGER)? If you can't be with him you want to be him." Sheryl Crow confesses her love for the Rolling Stones frontman.
30th March 2006
Quote: "I'm really, really enjoying life and seeing it kind of in a new light now." Singer Sheryl Crow on her new outlook after having battled breast cancer.
22nd March 2006
Quote: "Nothing's quite as heightened as it used to be. I think you do lose some of your edge, but hopefully you make up for the edge in the area of grace." Rocker Sheryl Crow has mixed feelings about ageing.
22nd March 2006
Quote: "Artists like Fleetwood Mac and The Eagles were really the architects of the sound that I love. I really just idolised STEVIE (NICKS) and now we're very good friends." Rocker Sheryl Crow on becoming best friends with her music idol.
21st March 2006
Quote: "I just know good things will happen. I've got a great network of people around me. I'm really blessed that way." Singer Sheryl Crow keeps a positive attitude about her future.
11th March 2006
Fact: Country star Tim Mcgraw will replace cancer victim Sheryl Crow at the 18th annual Bob Costas benefit for the SSM CardinalGlennon Children's Medical Center in St Louis on 1 April (06). Crow cancelled her appearance following recent surgery for breast cancer.
28th February 2006
Fact: <p>Breast cancer survivor Melissa Etheridge will replace rocker Sheryl Crow at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in Texas next month March (06). Crow was diagnosed with the disease last week (ends24FEB06). </p>
12th February 2006
Quote: <p>"What's wrong with being a flat-chested girl? I think boys should feel good about the option of dating a girl who doesn't have big boobs." Newly single Sheryl Crow when asked about her assets. </p>
11th January 2006
Fact: <p>Sheryl Crow, MAROON 5 and Hilary Duff will be among the acts performing at the annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in Texas in March (06). </p>
10th January 2006
Fact: <p>Rocker Sheryl Crow played a gig in paradise at the weekend (07JAN06) to help launch the new $500 million (GBP277.8 million) Ritz Carlton Hotel on the Grand Cayman Islands. </p>
22nd November 2005
Fact: <p>Rocker Sheryl Crow owns 200 pairs of jeans. </p>
2nd November 2005
Fact: <p>Sheryl Crow will headline the half-time show at American football team the Dallas Cowboys' annual Thanksgiving Day game in Texas Stadium on 24 November. The newly-engaged rocker will also join the team in launching the Salvation Army Kettle Christmas Campaign, the annual holiday fundraising effort which raises millions of dollars through money deposited in red kettles across the US. </p>
25th October 2005
Quote: <p>"My life changed in so many ways when I met LANCE - he reminds me everyday that the day I'm living right now I can't get back." Rocker Sheryl Crow coos about fiance Lance Armstrong. </p>
7th October 2005
Quote: <p>"I tell everybody that 40 is the new 20, but I don't want to see me in rock 'n' roll clothes when I'm 60." Singer Sheryl Crow, 43. </p>
26th September 2005
Quote: <p>"We're finishing this house in Austin that has a piano in it so I hope to use it." Cyclist Lance Armstrong hopes to learn to play the piano when he moves into his new Texas home with fiancee Sheryl Crow. </p>
25th September 2005
Quote: <p>"I snore. I've had two or three people complain about it." Rocker Sheryl Crow reveals her worst habit. </p>
25th September 2005
Quote: <p>"The fact that Bob Dylan even knows who I am is shocking to me. I sound calm talking about it, but in the quiet hours it makes me feel totally overwhelmed and giddy." Sheryl Crow talks about her feeling for pal and mentor BOB DYLAN, who she often calls on for musical and career advice. </p>
24th September 2005
Quote: <p>"I have a really bad memory, so to remember my lyrics I need to not have my brain obstructed." Sheryl Crow insists she's never been drunk onstage. </p>
23rd September 2005
Quote: <p>"BUBBLES could have hurled me across the room with his pinkie. At that point he was verging on dangerous." Sheryl Crow admits Michael Jackson's pet chimpanzee was a menace when she joined the pop superstar's BAD tour as his backing singer. </p>
22nd September 2005
Quote: <p>"Seeing Radiohead was like being in church." Sheryl Crow has the utmost respect for the British rockers. </p>
15th September 2005
Fact: <p>Sheryl Crow and LANCE ARMSTRONG sealed their engagement last week (09SEP05) with a private meeting with his holiness the Dalai Lama. </p>
29th August 2005
Fact: <p>Westlife, Sheryl Crow and Il Divo are joining a galaxy of stars performing at London's Royal Albert Hall in aid of breast cancer charity gig Tickled Pink Live on 18 September (05). </p>
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