Michelle Shocked Quotes

You just wake up and make music.

I'm a synthesist. I'm always making music. And I make a lot of different kinds of music all the time. Some of it gets finished and some of it doesn't.

Needless to say, I like to create a unique sound for each project I do.

Music should not be a contest, it should be an individual thing that each band is putting out from within themselves.

We've always tried to inspire ourselves, so to speak. In the beginning, that could mean just hearing your own songs played back to you for the very first time.

Singing your own songs is all about individual expression.

I love putting the music together. It's like art.

Unlike motor sport, I didn't get into music for the live performances. I like writing and studio work and seeing how a song can come to life.

David Lee Roth had the idea that if you covered a successful song, you were half way home. C'mon - Van Halen doing 'Dancing in the Streets'? It was stupid. I started feeling like I would rather bomb playing my own songs than be successful playing someone else's music.

Don't worry about what others say about your music. Pursue whatever you are hearing... but if everybody really hates your music maybe you could try some different approaches.

Music is a really great creative tool for me, for different roles.

To make a rock'n'roll record, technology is the least important thing.

I've been really trying to hone the art of songwriting in a way that doesn't follow any sort of guideline.

I'm a keen musician. Me and my mates have a great times jamming and recording stuff. We have a great band behind us and have turned my nursery-rhyme songs into quite credible pieces of music.

I write and record all the time; it's my hobby and my passion.

Acting is awesome, but I'm really, really able to express myself creatively in music.

I like to sing, and I like to make records - and that part is fun.

I like producing myself, I like other people producing, I just like it all.

If you look back into the Superlatives' body of work, we've always included instrumentals.

It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.

I worked on 'Cadillactica' with the mind to not sample as much and focus on creativity.

Nothing competes with the buzz of making your own record.

I make my own music and I don't criticize others.

Don't be a prisoner of your own style!

No matter what, I'm always interested in making music.