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Tracy Chapman Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: March 30, 1964

Topics

Writing Guitar Up Songs Even Before

Frank was the BOSS and was not open to anything that was not from his head. There were no arguments about music because if you did, he would show you where the door was. Period.

Jimmy Carl Black

Music Boss Door You Head Anything

I don't like silk underwear. They don't do the job, you know?

Job You Know Underwear Silk Like

Now that I can edit the whole thing on AVID and edit the whole thing on tape, maybe I will do the next digitally, because maybe the quality will become less obvious between tape and film.

Quality I Can Now Will Become Next

Having a Christian worldview shapes my decision-making with respect to all aspects of my life. I always respect people in public life who are principled, and those principles have to be connected to something. And my faith is what serves as the anchor and directs my actions.

Life Faith Respect People My Life

My greatest pleasure is spending time with my family: my husband and daughter, but also my mother, my three sisters, and their families.

Family Mother Daughter Time Husband

My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am.

Food I Am I Am What I Am Know Labels

I'm going to shut Chris Weidman down in the first round. I'm gonna expose him in the second round. And I'm gonna finish him with a left kick followed by a left punch, simultaneously.

Down First Him Finish Left Going

In the West, audiences think I am a stereotyped action star, or that I always play hitmen or killers. But in Hong Kong, I did a lot of comedy, many dramatic films, and most of all, romantic roles, lots of love stories. I was like a romance novel hero.

Love Hero Romantic I Am Action Play

To me, the sax is rock n' roll, even though electric guitars kind of pushed it aside for a while.

Clarence Clemons

Me Kind Rock Roll Even Though

'The Food Network' was just starting in New York, and I was getting lots of attention from Mesa Grill. They had no money, so if you couldn't get there by subway, you couldn't be on. It wasn't like TV was something I really wanted to do - but I knew it would be great publicity for my restaurants.

Great Food Money New York Attention

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

Thomas Jefferson

Man Government Himself Every Man

On my show, I'm definitely the youngest one. So going from a show where everyone is over 30, to the movie, where everyone was like 20, 25, it was like summer camp.

Summer Over Everyone Summer Camp

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