Michelle Shocked
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"Michelle Shocked" is an American singer-songwriter.

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Yeah, I am a hick. I am naive, and I am sincere and it's wonderfully unfashionable.

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People might say I'm difficult, but did you ever hear anyone describe a label as 'difficult'? By nature, artists should challenge. When they call you difficult, it is a reflection of the imbalance of power.

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The secret of a long life is knowing when it's time to go. -Michelle Shocked
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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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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.

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

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

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As I look back over my life, before I had any real identity, I was a traveler. I grew up an Army brat, a runaway, an activist, and a musician. All my life I've been traveling. -Michelle Shocked
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