Tracy Chapman Quotes

He felt like the invisible boy. When he got to be part of the mystery Men he felt like he had a purpose.

We are what we love.

The meaning of life... I think the meaning of life is, I think it's love.

We're wired somehow to want to be part of something bigger. And we quest to understand what our role is.

Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful.

Every human being has to feel a part of a tribe. It's programmed into us. And you have to feel that you're contributing to something.

The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose.

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

I feel connected to that idea of wanting to belong to something, to have a sense of purpose as a man on the planet.

What is the value of your existence?

When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live.

There's always a common attraction to universal needs of love and a feeling of worthiness.

I want the fact that I existed to mean something.

I never considered myself an entertainer. I always felt I had to be connected to something meaningful, or it wasn't worth doing.

If you ask a woman who she is, she'll tell you who she serves and sometimes what she does. But that isn't the whole story.

Everyone wants to feel that they matter.

It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one's own existence.

Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody.

But love wasn't about sacrifice, and it wasn't about falling short of someone's expectations. By definition, love made you better than good enough; it redefined perfection to include your traits, instead of excluding them. All any of us wanted, really, was to know that we counted. That someone else's life would not have been as rich without us here.

God created me to delight people with my goals.

What's life without love? You can accomplish everything you want in life, but without anyone to share it with, what's it really worth?

One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!

It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness.

I need to fall in love with someone. Sorry - I mean fall in love with something. I need to wake myself up.

Even though I was manically overachieving and involved in everything, I still never felt like I belonged. That's definitely affected my whole life and why I wanted to become an actor and tell people stories, because communication and feeling like you belong is such an integral part of our social fabric.