"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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"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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