Tracy Chapman Quotes
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Tracy Chapman Quotes & Sayings
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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
As a child, I spent a lot of time at the library.
— Tracy Chapman
There are good reasons for being in jail - for protesting.
— Tracy Chapman
Some folks call her a runaway. A failure in the race. But she knows where her ticket takes her. She will find her place in the sun
— Tracy Chapman
Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.
— Tracy Chapman
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
I've been hugely inspired by the songwriting of Lauryn Hill and Tracy Chapman - on their albums, they really tell it like it is.
— Rebecca Ferguson
I'm a hopeful cynic.
— Tracy Chapman
Who took away the part so essential to the whole Left you a hollow body Skin and bone.
— Tracy Chapman
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.
— Tracy Chapman
This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need, but I'm too old to go chasing you around wasting my precious energy.
— Tracy Chapman
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 again.
— Tracy Chapman
I don't want someone to squeeze me, that might take away my life. Just want someone to hold me, and we'll rock through the night.
— Tracy Chapman
It's time to start all over/make a new beginning.
— Tracy Chapman
I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that.
— Madeleine Peyroux
Have faith in humankind a respect for what is earthly and an unfaltering belief in peace and understanding
— Tracy Chapman
Love's a recurring theme through my work.
— Tracy Chapman
Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse.
— Tracy Chapman
I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.
— Tracy Chapman
I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives.
— Tracy Chapman
But John Chapman told us he didnt eat meat cause he couldnt stand for somethin livin to be killed jest to keep him alive.
— Tracy Chevalier
My old man's got a problem, he lives with the bottle.
— Tracy Chapman
I'm still thinking and hoping there's an opportunity for people to have better lives and that significant change can occur.
— Tracy Chapman
Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.
— Tracy Chapman
I'm not sure if the next song I write is going to be about love or a song about a tree.
— Tracy Chapman
I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in.
— Tracy Chapman
I'll toss my coins in the fountain,Look for clovers in grassy lawns
Search for shooting stars in the night
Cross my fingers and dream on. — Tracy Chapman
Now love's the only thing thats free. We must take it where it's found. Pretty soon it may be costly.
— Tracy Chapman
Love is hateWar is Peace
No is Yes
And we're all free. — Tracy Chapman
You got a fast car But is it fast enough so we can fly away
We gotta make a decision
We leave tonight or live and die this way. — Tracy Chapman
We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world.
— Tracy Chapman
Why do babies starve /When there's enough food to feed the world /Why when there's so many of us /Are there people still alone
— Tracy Chapman
It's fun playing small venues.
— Tracy Chapman
Words don't come easily, like forgive me.
— Tracy Chapman
