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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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Who took away the part so essential to the whole Left you a hollow body Skin and bone.
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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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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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I may be revered or defamed and decried But I tried to live my life right.
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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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Love's a recurring theme through my work.
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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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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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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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Have faith in humankind a respect for what is earthly and an unfaltering belief in peace and understanding
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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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We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world.
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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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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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Words don't come easily, like forgive 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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