Zitate und Sprüche von Tracy Chapman

Zitate und Sprüche von Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman (* 30. März 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio) ist eine US-amerikanische Singer-Songwriterin sowie Gitarristin.

You got a fast car
Is it fast enough so we can fly away?
We gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way

Fast Car

But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
At the right time
You'd be mine

Baby Can I Hold You

Sorry
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily

Baby Can I Hold You

Don't ya know?
They're talking about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
Poor people gonna rise up
And get their share
Poor people gonna rise up
And take what's theirs

TaIkin’ Bout a Revolution

I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives.

There's a power in words. There's a power in being able to explain and describe and articulate what you know and feel and believe about the world, and about yourself.

At this point in my life Id like to live as if only love mattered.

So don't be tempted by the shiny apple Don't you eat of a bitter fruit Hunger only for a taste of justice Hunger only for a world of truth 'Cause all that you have is your soul.

We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.

I don't try to project any image at all, other than the person that I am.

We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world.

Why do babies starve /When there's enough food to feed the world /Why when there's so many of us /Are there people still alone

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.

Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.

This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need, but I'm too old to go chasing you around wasting my precious energy.

Consume more than you need This is the dream Make you pauper Or make you queen I won't die lonely I'll have it all prearranged A grave that's deep and wide enough For me and all my mountains o'things

I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.

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

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

Have faith in humankind a respect for what is earthly and an unfaltering belief in peace and understanding

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

I'm still thinking and hoping there's an opportunity for people to have better lives and that significant change can occur.

I found myself in the middle of a race riot when I was about 14 years old, and I found someone pointing a gun at me and telling me to run or they'd shoot me.

Give me one reason to stay here
And I'll turn right back around

Give Me One Reason, Album: New Beginning

I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them.

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At this point in my life I'd like to live as if only love mattered.

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Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm trying to represent. It's all about the individual songs.

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After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible source of inspiration.

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I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.

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Biden has won so many times in Michigan now.
He's legally required to change his name to Ohio State.

There's nothing wrong with Ohio
Except the snow and the rain

Bowling for Soup - Ohio (Come Back to Texas), Album: A Hangover You Don’t Deserve

East Coast style + Midwest charm = Ohio girl

Ich komme aus dem Südosten von Ohio. Es ist eine sehr arme Gegend und die Armutsrate ist fast doppelt so hoch wie im Landesschnitt.

Coming from southeast Ohio it's a very impoverished area and the poverty rate is almost two times the national average.

Joe Burrow - Dezember 2019

Frauen aus Ohio - die Art Frau, die man seiner Mutter vorstellen kann und die dann deinen Vater unter den Tisch trinkt.

Ohio girls - the kind of girl you can take home to meet your mom, but can outdrink your dad.

Home is where the heart is and the heart is in Ohio.

Wenn dir das Wetter in Süd-Ohio nicht gefällt, dann warte einfach 15 Minuten.

If you don't like the weather in Southern Ohio, just wait 15 minutes.

Ohio girls have that inner glow that makes them more beautiful than any other girl.

Wenn ich einem jungen Mann einen Rat geben sollte, wie man im Leben erfolgreich wird, würde ich sagen, "such dir einen guten Vater und eine gute Mutter und beginne ein Leben in Ohio."

If I were giving a young man advice as to how he might succeed in life, I would say to him, "pick out a good father and mother, and begin life in Ohio."

Wilbur Wright

Im Nordosten von Ohio wird einem nichts geschenkt. Man muss sich alles verdienen und hart dafür arbeiten.

In Northeast Ohio, nothing is given. Everything is earned. You work for what you have.

LeBron James

Ich liebe Ohio.

Dave Chappelle

As a boy, because I was born and raised in Ohio, about 60 miles north of Dayton, the legends of the Wrights have been in my memories as long as I can remember.

Neil Armstrong

Glück kann man nicht kaufen, aber einen Flug nach Ohio - und das ist quasi das selbe.

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Ohio - and that's pretty much the same thing.

Sie werden jetzt langsam ihr politisches Kampfthema los, dem sie ihre Existenz verdanken. Wir werden dieses Problem lösen!

Friedrich Merz - Juli 2025

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Wenn wir ehrlich sind, ist LeBron James der beste Spieler, der jemals ein Miami-Heat-Trikot getragen hat. Ich bin der beste Spieler in der Geschichte der Miami Heat, aber ich bin nicht der beste Spieler, der jemals ein Heat-Trikot getragen hat.

If you want to be honest, LeBron James is the greatest player to ever put a Miami Heat jersey on... I'm the greatest player in the history of the Miami Heat... But I'm not the greatest player to put on a Heat jersey.

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