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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.
Tracy Chapman
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Tracy Chapman
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 30
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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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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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Who took away the part so essential to the whole Left you a hollow body Skin and bone.
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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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Words don't come easily, like forgive me.
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I think many people would say that writers like Stephen King have hypergraphia.
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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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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 got a plan to get out of here, I've been working at a convenient store.
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As a child I spent a lot of time at the library.
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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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When you feel like you've had a good show, you go backstage and you talk to yourself about it, and if you have a bad show you talk to yourself about it.
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Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.
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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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I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.
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We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.
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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 learn all these things about the record talking about it after it's finished.
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Love's a recurring theme through my work.
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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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