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I grew up listening to everything, and when I got signed to a record deal out of Nashville, that was my introduction to what was happening in country music.
Mary Chapin Carpenter
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Mary Chapin Carpenter
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 21
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I was a liberal arts junkie and I figured, well, I'll go work for somebody somewhere. All I knew was that I was going to have to come home and figure it out.
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A dreamer born is a hero bred.
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Dreamland is a book, but it's my song in book form. It's translated itself into a different medium.
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So I think that if I do feel more freedom right now in my career, it's not so much because I have less at stake but more a sense that I've learned more.
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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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I feel like politics have always informed what I do. If you know anything about my music, you know I've never been shy about stating how I vote.
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As far as politically how country music goes, it's true that it's regarded from a distance as a genre of music that at different times, the more right elements of the political spectrum have claimed for their own.
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Think I'll flip a coin, I'm a winner either way Mmmmmm, I feel lucky today
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I've crossed lines of word and wire and both have cut me deep. I've been frozen out and I've been on fire, and the tears are mine to weep.
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Everything changes in every genre, whether it's pop, rock or country.
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I love to write songs and sing them, and I didn't really know much more than that. Somehow it's gotten to the point where a friend can say, It's very you, and that made me feel good.
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Was it a light only she could see? A gypsy's spell? A mystery?
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We all have two lives. The one we are given and the one we create.
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I think topical songwriting is a real gift, and it's hard not to be pedantic and show up with the sledgehammer message.
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