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.
From Mary Chapin Carpenter
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.
Dreamland is a book, but it's my song in book form. It's translated itself into a different medium.
About age ten, we moved from the place where I was born, moved overseas.
My sisters and I were fortunate to travel through Asia and Europe at very young ages. We confronted extraordinary beauty in Athens and unspeakable poverty in India.
I don't really remember my folks singing to us, but they read to us.
I don't think you need to dumb down to a child, you merely have to be clear, you know?
I'm a liberal arts junkie.
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.
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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