Michelle Shocked

When I grow up I want to be an old woman. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

#getting-old #getting-older #michelle-shocked #old-woman #age

I think people have to choose between living with contradictions or painting themselves into a corner. I have a lot of contradictions. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

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

— Michelle Shocked

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

— Michelle Shocked

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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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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

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I'm a perfectionist, which I think is a mistake. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

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I'm one of the few that comes from this vantage point: I never tried to get a record deal. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

#deal #few #get #i #never

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

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I've been through some dark times but I've experienced joy too. Now that joy can't be suppressed. ↗

— Michelle Shocked

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