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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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Tracy Chapman
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 30
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
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Singer-Songwriter
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Cleveland
Ohio
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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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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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Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.
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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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Have faith in humankind a respect for what is earthly and an unfaltering belief in peace and understanding
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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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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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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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After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible source of inspiration.
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Consume more than you need This is the dream Make you pauper Or make you queen I won't die lonely I'll have it all prearranged A grave that's deep and wide enough For me and all my mountains o'things
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I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.
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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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Who took away the part so essential to the whole Left you a hollow body Skin and bone.
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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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We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.
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As a child I spent a lot of time at the library.
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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 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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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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