I can't tell you where I'm going . . . but I can tell you where I come from. Michelle Shocked More Quotes by Michelle Shocked More Quotes From Michelle Shocked Making music should not be left to the professionals. Michelle Shocked leftmusicshould When I grow up I want to be an old woman. Michelle Shocked growing-upgrowswant Music is too important to be left to professionals. Michelle Shocked leftmusic-isimportant Prayer is so incredibly powerful. It keeps you in perfect peace. Michelle Shocked powerfulprayerperfect 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 inspirationalfunnymean I accepted a change in my life. I didn't choose that change and those are the best changes to make. Michelle Shocked changing-my-lifeacceptedlife-changing My grandmother had a Miss Margaret's School of Dance to teach tap and ballet to kids, but I never studied it. I was raised a Mormon and they're dancing fools. It's the only vice they have - dancing. Michelle Shocked grandmotherkidsschool If I'm going to be held captive by social media, I'm going to use it against itself. Michelle Shocked mediasocialuse The secret to a long life is knowin' when it's time to go. Michelle Shocked long-lifesecretlong I resent like hell that I was maybe eighteen before I ever heard the 'L' word. It would have made all the difference for me had I grown up knowing that the reason I didn't fit in was because they hadn't told me there were more categories to fit into. Michelle Shocked fitdifferencesknowing Make your own music. It can be done. Michelle Shocked done I'm passionate about two things: Jesus and liberation. Michelle Shocked passionatetwojesus I think people have to choose between living with contradictions or painting themselves into a corner. I have a lot of contradictions. Michelle Shocked paintingpeoplethinking I've been through some dark times but I've experienced joy too. Now that joy can't be suppressed. Michelle Shocked dark-timesdarkjoy I'm one of the few that comes from this vantage point: I never tried to get a record deal. Michelle Shocked dealsvantage-pointrecords I believe in the power of music. I believe in it absolutely. It's never failed me. Never. Michelle Shocked power-of-musici-believebelieve Music is not a commodity, it's a resource. Michelle Shocked commodityresourcesmusic-is Vengeance and revenge are just two words for pain. Michelle Shocked painrevengetwo Punk is just as much a form of folk music as anything is! Michelle Shocked folkspunkform The love that I pray every day is manifest through me. Not because I'm a loving person, but because the God that I serve loves everybody. Michelle Shocked loving-personmanifestpraying
