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.

Quote by Tracy Chapman

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When you feel like you've had a good show, you go backstage and you talk...

When you feel like you've had a good show, you go backstage and you talk...

I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab...

I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab...

People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not...

People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not...

We have more media than ever and more technology in our lives. It's supposed to...

We have more media than ever and more technology in our lives. It's supposed to...

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

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

I'm a hopeful cynic.

I'm a hopeful cynic.

We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.

We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.

I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs...

I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs...

At this point in my life I'd like to live as if only love mattered.

At this point in my life I'd like to live as if only love mattered.

Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as...

Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as...

My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first...

My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first...

After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible...

After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible...

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

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

Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something...

Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something...

I end up writing about all kinds of things. I never make an attempt to...

I end up writing about all kinds of things. I never make an attempt to...

You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can...

You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can...

Love's a recurring theme through my work.

Love's a recurring theme through my work.

Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or...

Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or...

The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences....

The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences....

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

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