Tracy Chapman

"O Tango é o blues de alma branca."

"A excelência não é um destino, é uma viagem contínua que nunca termina. Brian Tracy"

"Velório? Vem logo... Se eu ficar azul, Não esqueça de Tocar um blues.... Frase de Francismar Prestes Leal."

"Todo ativista de carteirinha tem na sua essência um grande dilema: não conseguir resolver a própria vida...."

"⁠Os brancos não entendem o blues. Eles o ouvem, mas não sabem de onde vem. Não sabem que é a vida falando...."

"⁠Os brancos não entendem o blues. Eles o ouvem, mas não sabem de onde vem. Não sabem que é a vida falando...."

"“Enquanto a elite é ativista para justificar que consome pouco, a classe média é consumista para ter status de elite."..."

"Encho a cara sozinha aos sábados esperando o telefone tocar, e nunca toca, ouvindo samba-canção e blues com caipira de vodca."

"I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed."

"⁠O blues ajuda você a levantar da cama pela manhã. Você levanta sabendo que não está só. Tem algo mais no mundo. Alguma coisa que a música adiciona. O mundo ser..."

"⁠O blues ajuda você a levantar da cama pela manhã. Você levanta sabendo que não está só. Tem algo mais no mundo. Alguma coisa que a música adiciona. O mundo ser..."

"Durante minha carreira como ativista vi o número de presídios crescer com tanta rapidez que muitas pessoas de comunidades negras, latinas e nativo-americanas ag..."

"Eu me descarrego nesse blues sozinho Por isso meus demônios me trouxeram vinho O frio beberá comigo, castigará Mentiras que nem meus agasalhos vão poder cobrir... Frase de Jean Tassy."

"Quando acreditávamos no submundo, enterramos tesouros para nossos mortos. País de cães e criados, onde fantasmas com mantos costurados com ouro caminham. Amores... Frase de Tracy K. Smith."

"Quando o seu doce pai morreu Você acordou antes dos primeiros raios E comeu meio prato de ovos e mingau, E bebeu um copo de leite. Depois de sua partida, me sen... Frase de Tracy K. Smith."

"Eu não queria esperar de joelhos Em uma sala calada pela espera. Uma sala onde ouvíamos a respiração que incha, o chiado na sua garganta. Não queria as orquídea... Frase de Tracy K. Smith."

"⁠Eu de marte, tu de plutão Eu planeta, você não Duas mentes diferentes Tentativas de concordância em vão Eu poeta, tu ativista Eu nos livros, tu na pista À vist... Frase de Plutão Já Foi Planeta."

"I Guess That Is What You Call It The Blues Don't wish it away Don't look at it like it's forever Between you and me I could honestly say That things can only get better And while I'm away Dust out the demons inside And it won't be long Before you and me run To the place in our hearts Where we hide And I guess that's why They call it the blues Time on my hands Could be time spent with you Laughing like children Living like lovers Rolling like thunder under the covers And I guess that's why They call it the blues Just stare into space Picture my face in your hands Live for each second Without hesitation And never forget I'm your man Wait on me girl Cry in the night if it helps But more than ever I simply love you More than I love life itself"

"I Guess That Is What You Call It The Blues Don't wish it away Don't look at it like it's forever Between you and me I could honestly say That things can only get better And while I'm away Dust out the demons inside And it won't be long Before you and me run To the place in our hearts Where we hide And I guess that's why They call it the blues Time on my hands Could be time spent with you Laughing like children Living like lovers Rolling like thunder under the covers And I guess that's why They call it the blues Just stare into space Picture my face in your hands Live for each second Without hesitation And never forget I'm your man Wait on me girl Cry in the night if it helps But more than ever I simply love you More than I love life itself"

"GoodBye Yellow Road When are you going to come down? When are you going to land? I should have stayed on the farm, I should have listened to my old man. You know you can't hold me forever, I didn't sign up with you. I'm not a present for your friends to open, This boy's too young to be singing the blues. So goodbye yellow brick road, Where the dogs of society howl. You can't plant me in your penthouse, I'm going back to my plough. Back to the howling old owl in the woods, Hunting the horny back toad. Oh I've finally decided my future lies Beyond the yellow brick road What do you think you'll do then? I bet that'll shoot down your plane. It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics To set you on your feet again Maybe you'll get a replacement, There's plenty like me to be found. Mongrels, who ain't got a penny, Sniffing for tid-bits like you on the ground"

"GoodBye Yellow Road When are you going to come down? When are you going to land? I should have stayed on the farm, I should have listened to my old man. You know you can't hold me forever, I didn't sign up with you. I'm not a present for your friends to open, This boy's too young to be singing the blues. So goodbye yellow brick road, Where the dogs of society howl. You can't plant me in your penthouse, I'm going back to my plough. Back to the howling old owl in the woods, Hunting the horny back toad. Oh I've finally decided my future lies Beyond the yellow brick road What do you think you'll do then? I bet that'll shoot down your plane. It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics To set you on your feet again Maybe you'll get a replacement, There's plenty like me to be found. Mongrels, who ain't got a penny, Sniffing for tid-bits like you on the ground"