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Their lives ran in circles so small They thought they'd seen it all
Michelle Shocked
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Michelle Shocked
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 24
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Singer-Songwriter
Dallas
Texas
Karen Michelle Johnston
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At one time I was a nihilistic punk with a mohican and a ring in my nose. I think in the course of time I'll find a middle ground, but I also carry that sense of responsibility. I'm in a position to defeat stereotypes.
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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 passionate about two things: Jesus and liberation.
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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.
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Music is too important to be left to professionals.
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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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Writing and singing does give me some kind of release from the demons of my past, it is a therapy of sorts, but to be honest, my marriage played a more important role in the acceptance of myself than performance has ever done.
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Prayer is so incredibly powerful. It keeps you in perfect peace.
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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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I regard myself as a true American musician, and I play every style that is my heritage.
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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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Making music should not be left to the professionals.
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Music is not a commodity, it's a resource.
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The secret to a long life is knowin' when it's time to go.
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I accepted a change in my life. I didn't choose that change and those are the best changes to make.
Michelle Shocked
I walked along that slippery slope where if you fail through lack of faith, you sell your soul to the devil.
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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.
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When I grow up I want to be an old woman.
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We've come a long way, we've come a long way and we never even left L.A.
Michelle Shocked
Punk is just as much a form of folk music as anything is!
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