“I try to look at this music career thing as the means to an end. And r...” — Michelle Shocked Quote

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.

I'm too shy, really to be able to hang out with my heroes for too long.

I'm one of the few that comes from this vantage point: I never tried to get a record deal.

I think the word soul has gotta come into it. Music that's created just for consuming lacks that soul, that swing, that feeling.

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.

You think about all the years that a USA volleyball team has been in the Olympics and have tried and have fallen short. Then to feel like you're pushing for something and you're trying to find that edge and then you finally do it, it's like, Whoa, it worked!'

I have no wish to go back to being frustrated by a character. It's really just part of being on an ongoing series. You're constantly hoping the next episode you get, something will happen for you. You're on the edge of your seat all the time, pressing your hands together and hoping that something cool will turn up.

Not having a trainer is basically just giving an edge to my opponent, and I'm not willing to do that anymore.

I have a theory about Ireland, being at the edge of Europe. For 1,000 years, people didn't know what was beyond. But we thought about it - a lot. And that 'beyond' became internalized in our psyche.