I won't get into it any more than to say that there are parts of me in all the songs that I… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ. — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
Music was never just a hobby for me. I'd pick up a guitar every day to work on whatever I was writing… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
You need to keep something for yourself. As a writer, I feel that even more strongly. I feel like I need to… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I think many people would say that writers like Stephen King have hypergraphia. — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if the next song I write is going to be about love or a song about a tree. — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I often write either really early in the morning, or really late at night. — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I'm never sure if I'll ever write another song, what the song will be about and if what initially sparked the beginning… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I end up writing about all kinds of things. I never make an attempt to write about anything in particular. I don't… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings. — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
There have been some gains made in terms of more equality for women in the workplace and in the way the legal system deals… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I never assumed I would have that commercial success, so it was a total surprise. And honestly, I never assumed that it would ever… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
If you wait, I will come for you...remembering your touch, your kiss, your warm embrace. I'll My find my way back to you. Please… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I can't think of anything worse, really, than to try to live up to someone else's expectations of what you should be. You don't… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I don't know - I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go. — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
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… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I mentioned that I received a scholarship to Episcopalian school, and the model for the school was 'From each according to his or her… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
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… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
I always considered trying to make a living playing music. But it was always really clear to me, at the various stages in my… — Tracy Chapman Copy Share Image
