"I think that every new record is a chance to... I think what it is for me is my heart and soul at that moment in time... I've always felt that just being able to make a record is a privilege."

Mary Chapin Carpenter, American Musician

Time, Soul, Heart, Being

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"I think that every new record is a chance to... I think what it is for me is my heart and soul at that moment in time... I've always felt that just being able to make a record is a privilege."

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"To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time."

Evita Peron, Argentinian Statesman

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"For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

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"You know, that single girl life and that sense of isolation - that doesn't leave you just like that. And that's what that song is about. I remember that, and that is imprinted on me, that sense."

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"It's a marvelous feeling when someone says 'I want to do this song of yours' because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after."

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"It's like the code of living by yourself. People who are single know what I'm talking about. You eat standing up, reading the paper. Or you say to yourself, this isn't even cutting it, I'm taking a TV dinner and I'm getting in bed here."

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"I don't really remember my folks singing to us, but they read to us."

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"When I think of the artists I admire and seek out musically. It's because I'm curious about where they're going to go the next time they have a chance to put a record out. It's not about where I find them on the radio dial, or how many records they're selling."

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"As far as feeling freedom in my career now versus five years ago... I think if I feel any more free it's simply because of the experiences that I've had, and the wisdom I've accumulated from that time."

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"I kept thinking, I went to college and I have to get a real job."

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