"Dreamland is a book, but it's my song in book form. It's translated itself into a different medium."

Mary Chapin Carpenter, American Musician

Music, Song

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

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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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"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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"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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