"I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in."

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Source : "A militant mellows". Interview with Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2002.

Tracy Chapman

#Believe Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Artist Quotes

“When you're five years old, and you're running a business that people did not think there was room for, getting attention is not a bad thing. Letting it be known by whatever colorful language is necessary is not a bad thing.”
“It's easy to underestimate the real cost of home ownership.”
“Whatever is clearly expressed is well wrote.”
“Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living.”

Source : Jaroslav Pelikan, Valerie R. Hotchkiss, Patrick Henry (2005). “Orthodoxy & Western Culture: A Collection of Essays Honoring Jaroslav Pelikan on His Eightieth Birthday”, p.16, St Vladimir's Seminary Press
“A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.”
“Holy smoke! We lost our last match and there's a storm coming! Party On! A flash flood swept away all our gear and we're twenty miles from the trailhead! Party On! My femur bone's sticking through my skin and I've gotta cross that river! Party On!”

Source : Cody Lundin (2011). “98. 6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive”, p.47, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Why did the Lord give use so much quickness unless it was to avoid responsibility?”
“I am my own mentor. I like to listen to myself to improve.”

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