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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.
Mary Chapin Carpenter
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Mary Chapin Carpenter
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 21
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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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About age ten, we moved from the place where I was born, moved overseas.
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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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20-some years ago, I'd have a big old radio with a tape deck, and I'd hit record and try to get something down on the tape, but nowadays, I can use my handy little smart-phone I sing into the app for voice memo.
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In this world you've a soul for a compass And a heart for a pair of wings There's a star on the far horizon Rising bright in an azure sky For the rest of the time that you're given Why walk when you can fly?
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