Quotes by Tracy Chapman

About Tracy Chapman:

Tracy Chapman is 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.
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You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person.

Tracy Chapman

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.

Tracy Chapman

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

Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse.

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

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

Tracy Chapman

I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.

Tracy Chapman

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...

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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.

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

Tracy Chapman

So much has happened to obscure the dialogue about race and about gender and discrimination in general, especially where those things touch on economics.

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As you might imagine, I'm approached by lots of organizations and lots of people who want me to support their various charitable efforts in some way. And I look at those requests, and I basically try to do what I can.

Tracy Chapman

I think many people would say that writers like Stephen King have hypergraphia.

Tracy Chapman

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

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Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm trying to represent. It's all about the individual songs.

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

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It's fun playing small venues.

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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.

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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.

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As a child I always had a sense of social conditions and political situations. I think it had to do with the fact that my mother was always discussing things with my sister and me - also because I read a lot.

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Author Bio

  • NameTracy Chapman
  • DescriptionAmerican singer-songwriter
  • BornMarch 30, 1964
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter; Singer; Street Artist; Composer; Musician
  • AwardsGrammy Award For Best New Artist