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Mary Chapin Carpenter

Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter. Carpenter spent several years singing in Washington, D.C. clubs before signing in the late 1980s with Columbia Records, who marketed her as a country singer. Carpenter's first album, 1987's Hometown Girl, did not produce any singles, although 1989's State of the Heart and 1990's Shooting Straight in the Dark each produced four Top 20 hits on the Billboard country singles charts.

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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.

Self, Song, Sort, Things, World

I feel like politics have always informed what I do. If you know anything about my music, you know I've never been shy about stating how I vote.

Feels, Informed, Like, Music, Shy, Vote

When I think of the artists I admire and seek out musically. It's because I'm curious about where they're going to go the next time they have a chance to put a record out. It's not about where I find them on the radio dial, or how many records they're selling.

Artist, Music, Seek, Think, Thinking, Time

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

Children, Clear, Down, Dumb, Stupid, Thinking

I love to write songs and sing them, and I didn't really know much more than that. Somehow it's gotten to the point where a friend can say, "It's very you," and that made me feel good.

Feel Good, Good, Gotten, Know, Song, Writing

I certainly felt the desire to reach as many people as I could; I wanted to make the most of this opportunity, sure. But I wouldn't call it pressure the way we're thinking of it now.

Call, Desire, Opportunity, People, Thinking

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.

Felt, Heart, Privilege, Soul, Think, Thinking

There's two lanes running down this road which ever side your on, accounts for where you want to go or what you're running from.

Accounts, Down, Lanes, Philosophy, Running, Two

I'm a liberal arts junkie.

Art, Arts, Junkie, Liberal, Liberal Arts

The bedrock thing of country music is, it's about storytelling. I feel like I was able to find a niche because I connected to that in some way.

Able, Country, Like, Storytelling, Way

20-some years ago, I'd have a big old radio with a tape deck, and I'd hit record and try to get something down on the tape, but nowadays, I can use my handy little smart-phone; I sing into the app for voice memo.

Handy, Phones, Record, Smart, Use, Voice

It seemed inevitable to try to address my feelings about everything that had happened. To a certain degree, it felt cathartic, but it's less cathartic to me than it is illuminating and helping me navigate my own feelings.

Degree, Degrees, Feelings, Felt, Happened, Trying

Was it a light only she could see? A gypsy's spell? A mystery?

Gypsy, Light, Mystery, See, Spell

I grew up listening to everything, and when I got signed to a record deal out of Nashville, that was my introduction to what was happening in country music.

Country, Listening, Nashville, Record, Signed

It's a pretty frantic world that we live in

Frantic, Live, Pretty, World

I've crossed lines of word and wire and both have cut me deep. I've been frozen out and I've been on fire, and the tears are mine to weep.

Cutting, Deep, Fire, Lines, Sadness, Tears

And I can tell by the way you're searching For something you can't even name That you haven't been able to come to the table Simply glad that you came And when you feel like this try to imagine That we're all like frail boats on the sea Just scanning the night for that great guiding light Announcing the Jubilee

Boats, Glad, Light, Night, Sea, Tell

Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine Free World.

America, Emmy, Foundation, Land, Lou

Life is never a straight line - it's peaks and valleys. Why would you want to be the same person every day of your life?

Day, Life, Line, Lines, Valleys

God forgives somehow we have yet to learn the same.

Forgiveness, Forgives, Forgiving, God, God Forgives, Somehow

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