Tracy Chapman

Found 8 thoughts of Tracy Chapman

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.

Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.

Love's a recurring theme through my work.

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.

At this point in my life I'd like to live as if only love mattered.

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.

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

With other people, you're always swapping music. Somebody is always listening to something you've never heard. It's a great way to hear all sorts of new things.