Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Shawn Mullins

If it weren't for Criminal Records, Wax-n-facts and other indie record stores I could have only sold my CD's at my shows and by mail order as an independent artist. The greatest stores that have character and include a much wider range of music of music are all independent, mom and pop stores.

I love Vanguard. Sony was great too, but it was a different animal, it was so big. It's hard to get the big monster to move, unless you're right there on top of things. And you can't always be on top.

We're born to shimmer, we're born to shine We're born to radiate We're born to live, we're born to love We're born to never hate.

But I am a dreamer So you sent me away. Sometimes we dreamers Just get in the way.

You're born to shimmer, you're born to shine, you're born to radiate

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