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?
Mary Chapin CarpenterI think topical songwriting is a real gift, and it's hard not to be pedantic and show up with the sledgehammer message.
Mary Chapin CarpenterI like to feel that every day or most days, I do a little bit of writing. I am a creature of habit in terms of the way I live.
Mary Chapin CarpenterWhen I was young I spoke like a child I saw with a child's eyes And an open door was to a girl Like the stars are to the sky It's funny how the world lives up to All your expectations With adventures for the stout of heart And the lure of the open spaces There's two lanes running down this road And whichever side you're on Accounts for where you want to go Or what you're running from Back when darkness overtook me On a blind man's curve I relied upon the moon and Saint Christopher
Mary Chapin Carpenter