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I think many people would say that writers like Stephen King have hypergraphia.
Tracy Chapman
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Tracy Chapman
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 30
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Cleveland
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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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Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.
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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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After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible source of inspiration.
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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.
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Who took away the part so essential to the whole Left you a hollow body Skin and bone.
Tracy Chapman
Words don't come easily, like forgive me.
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I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.
Tracy Chapman
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 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.
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I learn all these things about the record talking about it after it's finished.
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People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need.
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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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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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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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My old man's got a problem, he lives with the bottle.
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We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.
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Love's a recurring theme through my work.
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I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.
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.
Tracy Chapman
