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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I’m one of the few that comes from this vantage point: I never tried to get a record deal. Michelle Shocked Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I walked along that slippery slope where if you fail through lack of faith, you sell your soul to the devil. Michelle Shocked Read Quote
