Michelle Shocked's Profile
Brief about Michelle Shocked: By info that we know Michelle Shocked was born at 1962-02-24. And also Michelle Shocked is American Musician.
Some Michelle Shocked's quotes. Goto "Michelle Shocked's quotation" section for more.I think people have to choose between living with contradictions or painting themselves into a corner. I have a lot of contradictions.
Tags: Between, Living, ThemselvesI walked along that slippery slope where if you fail through lack of faith, you sell your soul to the devil.
Tags: Devil, Faith, SoulAs 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.
Tags: Army, Life, RealPeople 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.
Tags: Challenge, Nature, PowerI accepted a change in my life. I didn't choose that change and those are the best changes to make.
Tags: Best, Change, LifeI think the word soul has gotta come into it. Music that's created just for consuming lacks that soul, that swing, that feeling.
Tags: Feeling, Music, SoulI'm a perfectionist, which I think is a mistake.
Tags: MistakeI'm one of the few that comes from this vantage point: I never tried to get a record deal.
Tags: Deal, Few, PointI've been through some dark times but I've experienced joy too. Now that joy can't be suppressed.
Tags: Dark, Joy, TimesI 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.
Tags: Career, End, MusicIdeals 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.
Tags: Good, Heart, MusicMy 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.
Tags: Dance, Kids, SchoolThe 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.
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