Tracy Chapman Quotes

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• I learn all these things about the record talking about it after it's finished.
• I end up writing about all kinds of things. I never make an attempt to write about anything in particular. I don't have a little…
• 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…
• As a child I spent a lot of time at the library.
• 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…
• I don't try to project any image at all, other than the person that I am.
• I love living in California and being able to go to the beach or go to the woods.
• I think many people would say that writers like Stephen King have hypergraphia.
• 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,…
• I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.
• Love's a recurring theme through my work.
• 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…
• The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something…
• With other people, you're always swapping music. Somebody is always listening to something you've never heard. It's a great way to hear all sorts of…
• You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's…
• 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…
• I never assumed I would have that commercial success, so it was a total surprise. And honestly, I never assumed that it would ever happen…
• I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.
• I'm still thinking and hoping there's an opportunity for people to have better lives and that significant change can occur.
• Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.

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