Tracy Chapman Quotes

I can't think of anything worse, really, than to try to live up to someone else's expectations of what you should be. You don't make art by consensus.

Tracy Chapman

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LiveArtExpectationsThinkSomeone

I have found a love for acting, but I also would like to live abroad for awhile or definitely go to college someday.

Angourie Rice

LoveLiveCollegeActingGoSomeday

We live in an age when the traditional great subjects - the human form, the landscape, even newer traditions such as abstract expressionism - are daily devalued by commercial art.

Andy Warhol

LiveDailyAgeGreatArtLandscape

I want to be commercial. I'm never the person who says, 'I don't care if people don't see my movies.' I always want people to see my movies.

John Waters

PeopleCarePersonWantMoviesSee

Most crime fiction plots are not ambitious enough for me. I want something really labyrinthine with clues and puzzles that will reward careful attention.

Sophie Hannah

MeEnoughAttentionRewardWant

I love so many songs from the '80s, but I'm obliged to the big ones.

St. Lucia

LoveBigSongsManyObligedI Love

I watched Janis one time - we opened for her - and that's the only time I ever saw her. We opened for Jimi Hendrix. I got to stand on the side of the stage and watch him for two hours and then he died. But I got the essence before they left.

Stevie Nicks

TimeStandHimTwoStageSide

It's happened time and time again, but the committee has always decided against it-the work was too conservative or didn't fit within the budget; there are millions of different reasons.

Tracey Emin

WorkTimeBudgetConservativeWithin

No matter how healthy you are today, you can take specific actions to have more energy and live longer.

Tom Rath

LiveTodayEnergyYouHealthyMore

My wife met me at the door the other night in a sexy negligee. Unfortunately, she was just coming home.

Rodney Dangerfield

HomeWifeMeDoorNightSexy

Nobody who knows me and loves me dearly would ever call me adaptable or flexible. I'm not.

Judith Viorst

MeNobodyFlexibleCallWouldKnows

I fit into the quirky, character class type of actor.

Debra Wilson

CharacterActorClassQuirkyFit

Feeling good about your life, but not expressing a heartfelt 'thank you,' is like wrapping a gift for someone and never giving it to them.

Chip Conley

LifeGoodGiftThank YouGivingYou

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