In this world, you've a soul for a compass and a heart for a pair of wings. — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share Image
In this world you've a soul for a compass And a heart for a pair of wings There's a star on the… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share Image
“In this world you've a soul for a compass and a heart for a pair of wings/There's a star in the far… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share Image
There's two lanes running down this road which ever side your on, accounts for where you want to go or what you're running from. — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share
It's like the code of living by yourself. People who are single know what I'm talking about. You eat standing up, reading the paper.… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share
20-some years ago, I'd have a big old radio with a tape deck, and I'd hit record and try to get something down on… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share
Carry with you maps and string, flashlights, friends who make you sing, and stars to help you find your place, music, hope, and amazing… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share
Some people say that you should not tempt fate and for them I cannot disagree, but I never learned anything from playing it safe.… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share
About age ten, we moved from the place where I was born, moved overseas. — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share
Fool you once, you are forgiven. Fool you twice, you're just a fool. — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share
The bedrock thing of country music is, it's about storytelling. I feel like I was able to find a niche because I connected to… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share
When I started out, it was this sense of, "Let's put out a record and see what happens and see where you go and… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share
I've never... when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure anywhere except… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share
It's a marvelous feeling when someone says I want to do this song of yours because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after. — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share
I've crossed lines of word and wire and both have cut me deep. I've been frozen out and I've been on fire, and the… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share
As far as politically how country music goes, it's true that it's regarded from a distance as a genre of music that at different… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share
