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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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Tracy Chapman
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 30
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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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I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.
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As a child I spent a lot of time at the library.
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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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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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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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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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Love's a recurring theme through my work.
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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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We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.
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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 think many people would say that writers like Stephen King have hypergraphia.
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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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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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Words don't come easily, like forgive me.
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My old man's got a problem, he lives with the bottle.
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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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We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world.
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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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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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