Quotes by Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman

A lot of kids spent more time out of school than in, but I always loved school and thought it was my way out of Cleveland, and out of poverty.

Cleveland

Kids

School

As a child I always had a sense of social conditions and political situations. I think it had to do with the fact that my mother was always discussing things with my sister and me – also because I read a lot.

Children

Mother

Thinking

I don’t want someone to squeeze me, that might take away my life. Just want someone to hold me, and we’ll rock through the night.

Night

Rocks

Want

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.

Couple

Halloween

Party

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.

Found Someone

Gun

Running

I got a plan to get out of here, I’ve been working at a convenient store.

Explanation

Plans

Stores

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

Finished

Records

Talking

I love living in California and being able to go to the beach or go to the woods.

Beach

California

Woods

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.

Giving

Growth

People

I think it’s important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in.

Artist

Believe

Thinking

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Beach

Believe

Bottles

California

Car

Children

Cleveland

Couple

Decision

Differences

Dream

Explanation

Family

Feelings

Finished

Found Someone

Fragments

Giving

Growth

Guitar

Gun

Halloween

Hands

Hate

Heart

Inspirational

Kids

Life

Lines

Love

Men

Mother

Night

Pain

Party

Peace

People

Philosophy

Plans

Positive

Reality

Records

Recurring

Recurring Themes

Rocks

Running

School

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Quotes by Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman

A lot of kids spent more time out of school than in, but I always loved school and thought it was my way out of Cleveland, and out of poverty.

As a child I always had a sense of social conditions and political situations. I think it had to do with the fact that my mother was always discussing things with my sister and me – also because I read a lot.

I don’t want someone to squeeze me, that might take away my life. Just want someone to hold me, and we’ll rock through the night.

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 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.

I got a plan to get out of here, I’ve been working at a convenient store.

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

I love living in California and being able to go to the beach or go to the woods.

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.

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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