Tracy Chapman Quotes

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• I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives.

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  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• There's a power in words. There's a power in being able to explain and describe and articulate what you know and feel and believe about the world, and about yourself.

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  Believe, World, Able

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• At this point in my life Id like to live as if only love mattered.

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  Aries, Only Love, Ifs

  Song: At This Point In My Life, Album: New Beginning, 1995

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• We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world.

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  Pain, Philosophy, Suffering

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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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  Trying, Projects, Persons

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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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  Faith, Respect, Peace

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

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  Reality, Thinking, Feelings

  Song: If Not Now, Album: Tracy Chapman, 1988

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• 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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  Opportunity, Thinking, Significant Change

  "Tracy Chapman Comes Out of Her Shell / Publicity-shy singer-songwriter wants people to hear 'Telling Stories'" by Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. April 16, 2000.

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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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  Believe, Artist, Thinking

  "A militant mellows". Interview with Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2002.

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• So don't be tempted by the shiny apple Don't you eat of a bitter fruit Hunger only for a taste of justice Hunger only for a world of truth 'Cause all that you have is your soul.

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  Love, Apples, Justice

  Song: All That You Have Is Your Soul, Album: Crossroads, 1989

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• Love is hate
  War is Peace
  No is Yes
  And we're all free.

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  Peace, Hate, War

  Song: Why?, Album: Tracy Chapman, 1988

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• 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.

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  Dream, Stars, Night

  Song: Dreaming On A World

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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.

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  Differences, Trying, Attention

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• I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.

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  May, Living My Life

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• 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.

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  Love, Heart, Giving

  Song: Give Me One Rreason, Album: New Beginning, 1995

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• Words don't come easily, like forgive me.

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  Reality, Forgive Me, Forgiving

  Song: Baby Can I Hold You, Album: Tracy Chapman, 1988

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• Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.

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  Renounce, Misinterpretation, Materials

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• It's time to start all over/make a new beginning.

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  New Beginnings

  Song: New Beginning, Album: New Beginning, 1995

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• 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.

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  Car, Decision, Tonight

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• 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

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  Baby, People, World

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• 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.

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  Dream, Real, People

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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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  Creating, Writing Songs, Mysterious

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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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  Running, Gun, Found Someone

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• I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.

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  Spirituality, Not Sure

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• 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.

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  People, Giving, Growth

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