Tracy Chapman

“Starting from zero got nothing to lose. Maybe we'll make something. Me, myself, I got nothing to prove.”

“All that you have is your soul.”

“Give me one reason to stay here and I'll turn right back around.”

“I feel like I have a right to my privacy.”

“We're all looking for the same things, really. We're all looking for a place to belong.”

“I've always been a very private person.”

“I'm not a politician. I'm a musician. And I think I'm a pretty good musician.”

“I have a social conscience and I'm very concerned about the challenges that we face, and the plight of the poor and the disenfranchised.”

“My hope is that people will be inspired to be active in their communities and in their lives.”

“I'm interested in the human condition, what it means to be human.”

“I think it's important to be hopeful.”

“I think people respond to the honesty and sincerity in the music.”

“You can't just wish for a better world, you have to work for it.”

“I believe that the personal is political.”

“I never wanted to be a star, I never wanted to be a celebrity.”

“I write about what I know and what I've seen. I write about people.”