Tracy Chapman

Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control. ↗

— Tracy Chapman

#creating #feel #feels #i #like

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

— Tracy Chapman

#either #i #late #morning #night

I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like death. There are a lot of references to weather, too! ↗

— Tracy Chapman

#big #big questions #death #feel #i

Love's a recurring theme through my work. ↗

— Tracy Chapman

#recurring #theme #through #work

People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need. ↗

— Tracy Chapman

#dreams #even #hopes #misdirected #need

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

— Tracy Chapman

#just #line #lyrics #melodies #remain

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. ↗

— Tracy Chapman

#backstage #bad #feel #go #good

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. ↗

— Tracy Chapman

#great #great way #hear #heard #listening

You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person. ↗

— Tracy Chapman

#been #best #difference #happier #i

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

— Tracy Chapman

#after #finished #i #learn #record