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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!
Tracy Chapman
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Tracy Chapman
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 30
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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.
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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?'
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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
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We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.
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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 may be revered or defamed and decried But I tried to live my life right.
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Words don't come easily, like forgive me.
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I found myself in the middle of a race riot when I was about 14 years old, and I found someone pointing a gun at me and telling me to run or they'd shoot me.
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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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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 got a plan to get out of here, I've been working at a convenient store.
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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.
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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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After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible source of inspiration.
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My old man's got a problem, he lives with the bottle.
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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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Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse.
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The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together.
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Love's a recurring theme through my work.
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As a child I spent a lot of time at the library.
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