Michelle Shocked Quotes

A lot of people like to think that polio was a inspiration in what I do. I think that music has to do with what kind of passion do you have.

I write songs, and I sing them. I never formulated a plan; I can't tell anyone else how to do this. But it feels right, so I just kind of enjoy it and get on with it.

I think good music comes from the heart. That's my belief.

I am a big fan of music in general. I listen to all genres: hip-hop, R&B, whatever sounds good to me; it doesn't matter to me where it comes from - there are no boundaries, no fences. If I like it, then it will inspire me to create.

Music for me has always been something that is directly connected to my heart.

Acting is not an intellectual process for me. It comes from my heart. It's this strange netherworld of osmosis where I simply become.

Of course I have bills to pay, but at the same time, it's more about the passion and the love, and I think that's where music should come from, the heart, not necessarily just to cash a check.

If it doesn't come from your heart, music just doesn't work.

Stick to your heart.

I think God gave me an inner dictionary. If you play the right music that my heart loves, lyrics just come right to me.

I let my music take me where my heart wants to go.

When it's time to make music, that's about getting lost for me. To be a control freak is not half as good as being a freak who's casually in control. You're feeling around in the dark for something that feels good.

I heard this music coming out of the radio and it was 'Ain't Nobody's Business.' It got me. I thought, 'I can do this.' I decided just like that. No romantic story.

I just want to make good music. That's it. That's what I care about.

I never decided to start singing, to be a singer.

You have to transmit to them what it's like being in the theater. And it has to come from somewhere inside you and not by being like what somebody did last year.

I think good artists know when they're on a roll, and they recognize when lightning is striking. It's a very fortunate thing to have that inspiration and not to overanalyze it or mess with it; you just follow it if you love what you do.

Music has always been a part of me and art in general. I love visual art as well.

Anything that I write comes from the soul.

The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion.

I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.

When a song comes to you, you can't run around it.

All of the best songs happen on a whim.

When you play music with someone who has a heart rather than playing with someone who is just doing it for money or is cynical it makes all the difference.

If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.