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I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.

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Tracy Chapman
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 30
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
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Singer-Songwriter
Street Artist
Cleveland
Ohio
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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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Who took away the part so essential to the whole Left you a hollow body Skin and bone.
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This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need, but I'm too old to go chasing you around wasting my precious energy.
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Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse.
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I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.
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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.
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I may be revered or defamed and decried But I tried to live my life right.
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We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world.
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After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible source of inspiration.
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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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Have faith in humankind a respect for what is earthly and an unfaltering belief in peace and understanding
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