Tracy Chapman Quotes
Top 45 wise famous quotes and sayings by Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
We have more media than ever and more technology in our lives. It's supposed to help us communicate, but it has the opposite effect of isolating us.
After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible source of inspiration.
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
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.
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.
Now love's the only thing thats free. We must take it where it's found. Pretty soon it may be costly.
I really love playing music with other people. It's more fun to be on the road with others. It's kind of lonely out there when you play on your own!
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.
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.
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.
Have faith in humankind a respect for what is earthly and an unfaltering belief in peace and understanding
People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need.
I'm still thinking and hoping there's an opportunity for people to have better lives and that significant change can occur.
Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.
I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in.
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.
Look for clovers in grassy lawns
Search for shooting stars in the night
Cross my fingers and dream on.
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.
But is it fast enough so we can fly away
We gotta make a decision
We leave tonight or live and die this way.
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.
We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world.