Mary Chapin Carpenter Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“It's a marvelous feeling when someone says 'I want to do this song of yours' because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after.”

“About age ten, we moved from the place where I was born, moved overseas.”

“It's like the code of living by yourself. People who are single know what I'm talking about. You eat standing up, reading the paper. Or you say to yourself, this isn't even cutting it, I'm taking a TV dinner and I'm getting in bed here.”

“I think that every new record is a chance to... I think what it is for me is my heart and soul at that moment in time... I've always felt that just being able to make a record is a privilege.”

“So I came home and I had a resume and everything, but the only job experience I had was just playing in bars and clubs on my summers off. So, I was temping and stuff during the day and playing music at night.”

“So I think that if I do feel more freedom right now in my career, it's not so much because I have less at stake but more a sense that I've learned more.”

“You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have a tour bus and a stylist and all this stuff. But back then, no way.”

“Dreamland is a book, but it's my song in book form. It's translated itself into a different medium.”

“I don't really remember my folks singing to us, but they read to us.”

“I don't think you need to dumb down to a child, you merely have to be clear, you know?”