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
two lines fragments
Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse.
creating writing-songs mysterious
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 think many people would say that writers like Stephen King have hypergraphia.
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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.
running gun years
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 me and telling me to run or they'd shoot me.
children library
As a child I spent a lot of time at the library.
writing littles topics
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 list of topics to write about.
talking records finished
I learn all these things about the record talking about it after it's finished.
family men bottles
My old man's got a problem, he lives with the bottle.
numbness skins skin-and-bones
Who took away the part so essential to the whole Left you a hollow body Skin and bone.
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I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them.
morning writing night
I often write either really early in the morning, or really late at night.
opportunity thinking significant-change
I'm still thinking and hoping there's an opportunity for people to have better lives and that significant change can occur.
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Have faith in humankind a respect for what is earthly and an unfaltering belief in peace and understanding