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

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"About age ten, we moved from the place where I was born, moved overseas."

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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

"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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"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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"So I came home and I had a resume and everything, but the only job experience I had was just playing in bars and clubs on my summers off. So, I was temping and stuff during the day and playing music at night."

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

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

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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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