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Michelle Shocked Quotes

Michelle Shocked quotes

American Musician February 24, 1962

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Michelle Shocked quote: "I accepted a change in my life. I didn't choose that change..."
I accepted a change in my life. I didn't choose that change and those are the best changes to make. Michelle Shocked
As I look back over my life, before I had any real identity, I was a traveler. I grew up an Army brat, a runaway, an activist, and a musician. All my life I've been traveling. Michelle Shocked
People might say I'm difficult, but did you ever hear anyone describe a label as 'difficult'? By nature, artists should challenge. When they call you difficult, it is a reflection of the imbalance of power. Michelle Shocked
Ideals are not something I can control. It's not logic that convinces me of something, it's what my heart says. My heart has a way of involving me in things, which can only be good for the music. Michelle Shocked
Writing and singing does give me some kind of release from the demons of my past, it is a therapy of sorts, but to be honest, my marriage played a more important role in the acceptance of myself than performance has ever done. Michelle Shocked
My grandmother had a Miss Margaret's School of Dance to teach tap and ballet to kids, but I never studied it. I was raised a Mormon and they're dancing fools. It's the only vice they have - dancing. Michelle Shocked
I think the word soul has gotta come into it. Music that's created just for consuming lacks that soul, that swing, that feeling. Michelle Shocked
They sign a bunch of women, and they call it a movement. I don't like the way women in music have been identified as women first and musicians second. Michelle Shocked
Michelle Shocked quote: "I've been through some dark times but I've experienced joy..."
I've been through some dark times but I've experienced joy too. Now that joy can't be suppressed. Michelle Shocked
The thing I fail to do is fully comprehend what's given back to me by the audience. You would think you would be a performer partly so you could feel all the appreciation or adulation, but I haven't quite managed that yet. Michelle Shocked
I try to look at this music career thing as the means to an end. And really, at the end of it, I see myself on a sailboat, sailing off the edge of the world. Michelle Shocked
Michelle Shocked quote: "I walked along that slippery slope where if you fail through..."
I walked along that slippery slope where if you fail through lack of faith, you sell your soul to the devil. Michelle Shocked
Michelle Shocked quote: "Make your own music. It can be done."
Make your own music. It can be done. Michelle Shocked
Michelle Shocked quote: "Music is too important to be left to professionals."
Music is too important to be left to professionals. Michelle Shocked
Michelle Shocked quote: "Music is not a commodity, it's a resource."
Music is not a commodity, it's a resource. Michelle Shocked

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