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Life is never a straight line - it's peaks and valleys. Why would you want to be the same person every day of your life?
Mary Chapin Carpenter
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Mary Chapin Carpenter
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 21
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Sometimes you get there in spite of the route Losing track of your life and what it's about The road seems to know when to straighten right out... I could wonder if all of it led me to you I could show you the arrows and circles I drew I didn't have a map, it's the best I could do On the fly and on the run
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You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have a tour bus and a stylist and all this stuff. But back then, no way.
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In the late 80s, artists could be signed to labels and be nurtured. It wasn't, We're going to give you one shot, and if you don't measure up, you're gone.
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I certainly felt the desire to reach as many people as I could I wanted to make the most of this opportunity, sure. But I wouldn't call it pressure the way we're thinking of it now.
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