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Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.
Tracy Chapman
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Tracy Chapman
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 30
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Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Cleveland
Ohio
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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 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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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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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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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 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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As a child I spent a lot of time at the library.
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We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.
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Love's a recurring theme through my work.
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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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I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.
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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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Words don't come easily, like forgive me.
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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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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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Have faith in humankind a respect for what is earthly and an unfaltering belief in peace and understanding
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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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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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