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We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.
Tracy Chapman
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Tracy Chapman
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 30
Composer
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
Street Artist
Cleveland
Ohio
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My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listened to all of the crappy songs that I wrote when I was 8 years old and encouraged me to keep doing it.
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Growing up in Cleveland, I learned about singing from my mother, who had once sung professionally and who admired Mahalia Jackson and Aretha Franklin.
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There's a power in words. There's a power in being able to explain and describe and articulate what you know and feel and believe about the world, and about yourself.
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I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like death. There are a lot of references to weather, too!
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I learn all these things about the record talking about it after it's finished.
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I'm never sure if I'll ever write another song, what the song will be about and if what initially sparked the beginning of a song might complete it.
Tracy Chapman
After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible source of inspiration.
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So don't be tempted by the shiny apple Don't you eat of a bitter fruit Hunger only for a taste of justice Hunger only for a world of truth 'Cause all that you have is your soul.
Tracy Chapman
I don't want someone to squeeze me, that might take away my life. Just want someone to hold me, and we'll rock through the night.
Tracy Chapman
I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them.
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My old man's got a problem, he lives with the bottle.
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I got a plan to get out of here, I've been working at a convenient store.
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Have faith in humankind a respect for what is earthly and an unfaltering belief in peace and understanding
Tracy Chapman
I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.
Tracy Chapman
Now love's the only thing that's free /We must take it where it's found /Pretty soon it may be costly
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Men are able to sustain a career into their 50s and 60s and still present themselves as sex symbols. With women, on the other hand, people say, 'Why doesn't she retire?'
Tracy Chapman
Consume more than you need This is the dream Make you pauper Or make you queen I won't die lonely I'll have it all prearranged A grave that's deep and wide enough For me and all my mountains o'things
Tracy Chapman
You got a fast car But is it fast enough so we can fly away We gotta make a decision We leave tonight or live and die this way.
Tracy Chapman
I meet people in my daily life, people who seem to experience some change and some growth on a personal level, and that gives me hope.
Tracy Chapman
With other people, you're always swapping music. Somebody is always listening to something you've never heard. It's a great way to hear all sorts of new things.
Tracy Chapman
