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I may be revered or defamed and decried But I tried to live my life right.

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Tracy Chapman
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 30
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Street Artist
Cleveland
Ohio
Decried
Revered
Tried
May
Live
Right
Life

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We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.
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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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As a child I spent a lot of time at the library.
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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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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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Have faith in humankind a respect for what is earthly and an unfaltering belief in peace and understanding
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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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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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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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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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After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible source of inspiration.
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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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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 picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.
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Love's a recurring theme through my work.
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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.
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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 learn all these things about the record talking about it after it's finished.
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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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