Tracy Chapman Quotes

And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone.

The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how little you need.

Yeah, I like to be the maker of the art. And I like and want the money. But I don't really dig being famous.

I found that not having a public profile was not hurting the work, and it freed me up to be the satirist I wanted to be.

I'm as much my own master as anyone can be, without being the master of others. I can write anywhere - all I need is a couple of hours of solitude and a computer, and I can write a chapter. Since my work is portable, I can live anywhere I like.

The one thing about my life that's different from others is that I wake up for no one, and for some reason, that's just good for your creativity.

Wherever the wind blows me, I'll go! My eventual goal is to have enough experience to produce something on my own.

Being independent gives me freedom to creatively be great. Standing on your own doesn't always get major exposure or support, but because I make music from a pure place, I am more so excited and relieved that it actually gets out into the universe.

There's a marvelous peace in not publishing, there's a stillness. When you publish, the world thinks you owe something. If you don't publish, they don't know what you're doing. You can keep it for yourself.

As a writer, I can live somewhat independently, occupying nooks and crannies and finding meaning there. I can even live in my mind a good portion of most days.

I'm a very independent person, I love being alone, writing and doing music and stuff.

I love working alone. Crave it, in fact. I feel truly alive then.

Weezer isn't stuck in roles, so we just do what we want to do, what makes us excited.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

My parents were quite liberal with us, always encouraging us to be our own person and be creative.

It would be nice to be a bit autonomous again, to enjoy something a bit quiet.

My anonymity is something I treasure.

I don't control anything I create.

I am a private human.

I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.

And I found that when I built my own place and just shut the door, the creativity was endless.

All we ask is to be let alone.

I want not, that everybody hears about. Then I can't longer be myself.

People generally let me be me. People are aware that I'm not someone particularly begging for attention. They hold back a bit with me.

Everyone needs to be able to have their own space in which to be themselves.