Mary Chapin Carpenter

We all have two lives. The one we are given and the one we create. ↗

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

#inspirational

About age ten, we moved from the place where I was born, moved overseas. ↗

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

#age #born #i #i was born #moved

Dreamland is a book, but it's my song in book form. It's translated itself into a different medium. ↗

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

#different #form #into #itself #medium

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

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

#campaign #emmy #foundation #free #free world

I don't really remember my folks singing to us, but they read to us. ↗

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

#i #read #really #remember #singing

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

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

#clear #down #dumb #i #know

I kept thinking, I went to college and I have to get a real job. ↗

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

#get #get a real #i #job #kept

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. ↗

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

#always #being #chance #every #felt

I was a liberal arts junkie and I figured, well, I'll go work for somebody somewhere. All I knew was that I was going to have to come home and figure it out. ↗

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

#come #figure #figured #go #going

I'm a liberal arts junkie. ↗

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

#i #junkie #liberal #liberal arts