"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."

Mary Chapin Carpenter, American Musician

Feelings, Feeling, Song, Want

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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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"She goes from one addiction to another. All are ways for her to not feel her feelings."

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