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Who took away the part so essential to the whole Left you a hollow body Skin and bone.
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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Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse.
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I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.
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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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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 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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I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.
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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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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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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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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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As a child I spent a lot of time at the library.
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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 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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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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I learn all these things about the record talking about it after it's finished.
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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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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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