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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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Tracy Chapman
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 30
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Street Artist
Cleveland
Ohio
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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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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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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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My old man's got a problem, he lives with the bottle.
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I may be revered or defamed and decried But I tried to live my life right.
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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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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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I learn all these things about the record talking about it after it's finished.
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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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Love's a recurring theme through my work.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 got a plan to get out of here, I've been working at a convenient store.
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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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