Tracy Chapman Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Men are able to sustain a career into their 50s and 60s and still present themselves as sex symbols. With women, on the other hand, people say, 'Why doesn't she retire?'”

“With other people, you're always swapping music. Somebody is always listening to something you've never heard. It's a great way to hear all sorts of new things.”

“I often write either really early in the morning, or really late at night.”

“I don't try to project any image at all, other than the person that I am.”

“I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.”

“Maybe it's naive to say, but it almost seems like, in the past, people tried to sell you something you would actually need, like a hammer or a broom or a toothbrush. But now there's this notion that they can sell you anything. And all they have to do is convince you that you need it.”

“So much has happened to obscure the dialogue about race and about gender and discrimination in general, especially where those things touch on economics.”

“I never assumed I would have that commercial success, so it was a total surprise. And honestly, I never assumed that it would ever happen again.”

“I think many people would say that writers like Stephen King have hypergraphia.”

“I think religion played a huge part in Bush's re-election.”