Tom Chapin Quotes

Mine is not a traditional music, but it comes from a tradition.

I was 12 when I started playing guitar with my brothers.

Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever wrote and sang in the song form I have appreciated.

Groundhog Day is a lot like a rock concert but the people are better behaved and there's a groundhog involved.

The sound has grown and sweetened over the years as well, and you can hear it on many of my recordings and, most likely, will see and hear me playing it if you come to a live show.

My musical heroes are people like Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie who wrote and sang real songs for real people; for everyone, old, young, and in between.