Quotes from Mary Chapin Carpenter

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

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

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.

I'm a liberal arts junkie.

My sisters and I were fortunate to travel through Asia and Europe at very young ages. We confronted extraordinary beauty in Athens and unspeakable poverty in India.

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

I certainly felt the desire to reach as many people as I could; I wanted to make the most of this opportunity, sure. But I wouldn't call it pressure the way we're thinking of it now.

Some people say that you should not tempt fate and for them I cannot disagree, but I never learned anything from playing it safe. I say fate should not tempt me.

Every sleepy boy and girl in every bed around the world can hear the stars up in the sky whispering a lullaby.

As far as feeling freedom in my career now versus five years ago... I think if I feel any more free it's simply because of the experiences that I've had, and the wisdom I've accumulated from that time.

My sisters and I were fortunate to travel through Asia and Europe at very young ages. We confronted extraordinary beauty in Athens and unspeakable poverty in India.

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

We've got two lives -- one we're given and the other one we make.

Where do shadows fall when there is only light.

In this world you've a soul for a compass and a heart for a pair of wings/There's a star in the far horizon, shining bright in an azure sky/For the rest of the time that you're given, why walk when you can fly