Tracy Chapman Quotations

I think of the audience the way I would think of another person: You meet someone, then you take it from there; you see what's interesting to both of you.

As you might imagine, I'm approached by lots of organizations and lots of people who want me to support their various charitable efforts in some way. And I look at those requests, and I basically try to do what I can.

I don't know - I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.

The way popular music is categorized and formatted cuts down on everyone's options. And although people don't talk about it, there are a lot of issues of race determining musical categories of what's rock, R&B, or even folk. It ends up restricting creativity.

There are good reasons for being in jail - for protesting.

What does the future look like if the heads of society ask our young people to risk their lives for questionable causes? I think it looks rather bleak.

If you are living a life that feels right to you, if you're willing to take creative chances or a creative path that feels like it's mostly in keeping with your sensibilities, you know, aesthetic and artistic, then that's what matters.

Words don't come easily, like forgive me.

When you feel like you've had a good show, you go backstage and you talk to yourself about it, and if you have a bad show you talk to yourself about it.

I really love playing music with other people. It's more fun to be on the road with others. It's kind of lonely out there when you play on your own!