Michelle Shocked

Vengeance and revenge are just two words for pain.

— Michelle Shocked

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

— Michelle Shocked

At one time I was a nihilistic punk with a mohican and a ring in my nose. I think in the course…

— Michelle Shocked

Music is too important to be left to professionals.

— Michelle Shocked

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

— Michelle Shocked

I believe in the power of music. I believe in it absolutely. It's never failed me. Never.

— Michelle Shocked

Making music should not be left to the professionals.

— Michelle Shocked

I can't tell you where I'm going . . . but I can tell you where I come from.

— Michelle Shocked

Prayer is so incredibly powerful. It keeps you in perfect peace.

— Michelle Shocked

I was in a prayer meeting yesterday. You gotta appreciate how scared, how scares folks on that side of the equation are.…

— Michelle Shocked

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

— Michelle Shocked

The thing I fail to do is fully comprehend what's given back to me by the audience. You would think you would…

— Michelle Shocked

Punk is just as much a form of folk music as anything is!

— Michelle Shocked

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

— Michelle Shocked

I think the word soul has gotta come into it. Music that's created just for consuming lacks that soul, that swing, that…

— Michelle Shocked

If I have something to apologize, I want to be the first one to step up and make that apology. I don't…

— Michelle Shocked