"You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have a tour bus and a stylist and all this stuff. But back then, no way."

Mary Chapin Carpenter, American Musician

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"You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have a tour bus and a stylist and all this stuff. But back then, no way."

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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."

Feelings

"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."

Time

"I don't think you need to dumb down to a child, you merely have to be clear, you know?"

Dumb

"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."

Time

"I went to college and I never allowed myself to think for an instant that I would have this chance to do this."

Chance

"It's a pretty frantic world that we live in."

Pretty

"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."

Life

"I've never... when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure anywhere except from myself, to do things the way I wanted to do them; to feel authentic; to feel like I was presenting my true self to the world."

Pressure

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

College

"I was a liberal arts junkie and I figured, well, I'll go work for somebody somewhere. All I knew was that I was going to have to come home and figure it out."

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