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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.

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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Write
Another
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Might
Initially
Writing
Complete
Never
Beginning

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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 may be revered or defamed and decried But I tried to live my life right.
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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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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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We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.
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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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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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