Quotes by Michelle Shocked

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I’m too shy, really to be able to hang out with my heroes for too long.
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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.
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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.
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I’m one of the few that comes from this vantage point: I never tried to get a record deal.
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If I’m going to be held captive by social media, I’m going to use it against itself.
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Mainstream media would convince you that there’s commercial culture and that’s all – but this other music is still here.
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I’m passionate about two things: Jesus and liberation.
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Music is not a commodity, it’s a resource.
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I’ve been through some dark times but I’ve experienced joy too. Now that joy can’t be suppressed.
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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.
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