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 th…

- Michelle Shocked

When I grow up I want to be an old woman.

- Michelle Shocked

Making music should not be left to the professionals.

- 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

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

I think people have to choose between living with contradictions or painting themselves into a corner. I have a lot of contradictions.

- Michelle Shocked

Music is too important to be left to professionals.

- Michelle Shocked

Make your own music. It can be done.

- Michelle Shocked

I'm passionate about two things: Jesus and liberation.

- Michelle Shocked