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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.

Tracy Chapman

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Tracy Chapman
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 30
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Street Artist
Cleveland
Ohio
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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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Love's a recurring theme through my work.
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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 may be revered or defamed and decried But I tried to live my life right.
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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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Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse.
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Men are able to sustain a career into their 50s and 60s and still present themselves as sex symbols. With women, on the other hand, people say, 'Why doesn't she retire?'
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We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.
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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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We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world.
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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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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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As a child I spent a lot of time at the library.
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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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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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My old man's got a problem, he lives with the bottle.
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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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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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I learn all these things about the record talking about it after it's finished.
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