American - Musician | March 30, 1964 -
When we started making 'Where You Live', I bought a bunch of Polaroid cameras in so that people could record the experience. Some of those pictures are in the CD sleeve.
Tracy Chapman
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I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.
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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 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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I learn all these things about the record talking about it after it's finished.
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I often write either really early in the morning, or really late at night.
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I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like death. There are a lot of references to weather, too!
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Love's a recurring theme through my work.
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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.
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Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse.
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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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