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Creativity Quote by Sheryl Crow

"I've always been drawn to stories of people who, against all odds, are able to achieve great things"

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There is a whole pop-industrial complex built on the promise that grit can outrun gravity, and Sheryl Crow’s line slips neatly into that circuitry. “I’ve always been drawn” is a small confession that functions like a mission statement: it frames her taste as instinctive, almost fated, while signaling what she wants to amplify as an artist. The phrase “stories of people” matters, too. She’s not talking about “heroes” or “winners” in the abstract; she’s talking about narrative, the shaped, shareable arc that music specializes in delivering in three or four minutes.

“Against all odds” is the emotional lever. It’s a deliberately elastic phrase: it can mean class barriers, sexism, illness, creative failure, the thousand petty gatekeepers of a career in entertainment. That vagueness is the point. It invites listeners to project their own obstacles onto the template and feel seen without the quote having to pick a side or name a system. It’s inspirational, but also politically cautious.

Crow’s own career context makes the pull toward resilience stories feel earned rather than generic. She arrived as a behind-the-scenes pro (backing vocals, songwriting) before becoming a front-facing star, and she later navigated public scrutiny, industry churn, and health scares. For a musician whose catalog often mixes sunny hooks with adult weariness, the subtext is clear: optimism isn’t naivete; it’s a choice, sometimes a survival tactic. The intent isn’t to deny “odds” exist. It’s to insist they don’t get the final verse.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Crow, Sheryl. (2026, January 15). I've always been drawn to stories of people who, against all odds, are able to achieve great things. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-always-been-drawn-to-stories-of-people-who-171531/

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Crow, Sheryl. "I've always been drawn to stories of people who, against all odds, are able to achieve great things." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-always-been-drawn-to-stories-of-people-who-171531/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I've always been drawn to stories of people who, against all odds, are able to achieve great things." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-always-been-drawn-to-stories-of-people-who-171531/. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.

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Sheryl Crow

Sheryl Crow (born February 11, 1962) is a Musician from USA.

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