Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapmanis an American singer-songwriter, known for her hits "Fast Car" and "Give Me One Reason", along with other singles "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Crossroads", "New Beginning" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth30 March 1964
CityCleveland, OH
CountryUnited States of America
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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?'
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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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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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A lot of kids spent more time out of school than in, but I always loved school and thought it was my way out of Cleveland, and out of poverty.
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I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in.
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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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Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.
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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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After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible source of inspiration.
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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.
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I don't try to project any image at all, other than the person that I am.
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Love is hate War is Peace No is Yes And we're all free.
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I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.
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It's time to start all over/make a new beginning.