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Tracy Chapman

American Musician

Born: Mar 30, 1964

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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. Tracy Chapman

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Maybe it's naive to say, but it almost seems like, in the past, people tried to sell you something you would actually need, like a hammer or a broom or a toothbrush. But now there's this notion that they can sell you anything. And all they have to do is convince you that you need it. Tracy Chapman

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We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived. Tracy Chapman

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At this point in my life I'd like to live as if only love mattered. Tracy Chapman

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I don't try to project any image at all, other than the person that I am. Tracy Chapman

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I could make records at home in a vacuum, but that is not the situation. I'm just taking it one phase at a time. Tracy Chapman

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I always considered trying to make a living playing music. But it was always really clear to me, at the various stages in my life, that it really wasn't a possibility unless some phenomenal thing happened. Tracy Chapman

I love living in California and being able to go to the beach or go to the woods. Tracy Chapman

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After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible source of inspiration. Tracy Chapman

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I learn all these things about the record talking about it after it's finished. Tracy Chapman

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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 a lot of references to weather, too! Tracy Chapman

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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. Tracy Chapman

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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 I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together. Tracy Chapman

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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 new things. Tracy Chapman

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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. Tracy Chapman

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Music was never just a hobby for me. I'd pick up a guitar every day to work on whatever I was writing at the time. I would put my ideas in songs the way some people might put them in diaries or journals. Tracy Chapman

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What does the future look like if the heads of society ask our young people to risk their lives for questionable causes? I think it looks rather bleak. Tracy Chapman

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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?' Tracy Chapman

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If you are living a life that feels right to you, if you're willing to take creative chances or a creative path that feels like it's mostly in keeping with your sensibilities, you know, aesthetic and artistic, then that's what matters. Tracy Chapman

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