Tracy Chapman

Love is hateWar is PeaceNo is YesAnd we're all free.

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.

When we started making 'Where You Live', I bought a bunch of Polaroid cameras in so that people could record the experience. Some of those pictures are in the CD sleeve.

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.

I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go.

There have been some gains made in terms of more equality for women in the workplace and in the way the legal system deals with issues of violence against women.

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.

I meet people in my daily life, people who seem to experience some change and some growth on a personal level, and that gives me hope.

Now love's the only thing thats free. We must take it where it's found. Pretty soon it may be costly.

Some folks call her a runaway. A failure in the race. But she knows where her ticket takes her. She will find her place in the sun