Author: Michelle Shocked

Quotes

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.

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

Music is not a commodity, it's a resource.

Music is not a commodity, it's a resource.

- 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.

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

Music is too important to be left to professionals.

Music is too important to be left to professionals.

- 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.

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

I accepted a change in my life. I didn't choose that change and those are the best changes to make.

I accepted a change in my life. I didn't choose that change and those are the best changes to make.

- Michelle Shocked

I walked along that slippery slope where if you fail through lack of faith, you sell your soul to the devil.

I walked along that slippery slope where if you fail through lack of faith, you sell your soul to the devil.

- 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.

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

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