Michelle Shocked Quotes

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.

I'm One Of The Few That Comes From This Vantage Point: I Never Tried To Get A Record Deal.

Music Is Not A Commodity, It's A Resource.

Their Lives Ran In Circles So Small They Thought They'd Seen It All

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.

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.

I Can't Tell You Where I'm Going . . . But I Can Tell You Where I Come From.

What Kind Of Religion Is It That Would Encourage The Parent To Shelter The Child From Any Outside Influences And Punish It By Putting It Out In A World You Never Had Any Way Of Learning About?

At One Time I Was A Nihilistic Punk With A Mohican And A Ring In My Nose. I Think In The Course Of Time I'll Find A Middle Ground, But I Also Carry That Sense Of Responsibility. I'm In A Position To Defeat Stereotypes.

Everyone Thinks Young People Are Alienated From The System. But When You Present Them With A Viable Alternative, They Will Be The First To Take It. And Then Watch Out.

We've Come A Long Way, We've Come A Long Way And We Never Even Left L.a.

Punk Is Just As Much A Form Of Folk Music As Anything Is!