Quotes by Lucinda Williams

About Lucinda Williams:

Lucinda Williams is an American rock, folk, blues, and country music singer and songwriter.
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I grew up in a very literate, very independent household where people spoke their ideas and were very supportive of helping each other find their own way.

Lucinda Williams

The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me.

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I'm dealing with things as they come along, and I'm talking about it.

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I've had trouble being in relationships and writing. This has been a real problem for me. I don't know if it's because I'm not free to fantasize or create these fantasy things about other people.

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My approach to recording and all that is pretty organic. It just has to do with all the songs I wrote; go in and record them.

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I certainly had my God-can-you-just-take-me-now-I've-just-had-it-I'm-checking-out-let-me-off-the-train-I'm-done kind of thing. But, you know, I would never actually do it. I just can't imagine what it would take to do that.

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The man I lived with is a Christian, so I would talk to him about it. What would this person do in the Bible? What's the story around this person? Generally, when people talk about characters in the Bible, there's one thing they're known for, like Jo...

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In so many interviews, they bring up the sexual aspect of the record. I've had some journalists say it sounds like I'm lying down in bed singing with a microphone. It gets so old!

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I'm going to have my moody times.

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People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.

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Of course, I'm older now. I'm in a different place in my life than when I wrote the songs for 'Car Wheels' or 'Essence' or whatever. Different things were going on.

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I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly.

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I love Emmylou Harris's version of my song, 'Sweet Old World.' Her intonation is great.

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I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been broken.

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I have a folder of scraps and pieces of paper with stuff, ideas for songs from the last 25 years; just little things, maybe early songs that I finished, but didn't think they were good enough.

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I started writing songs, I guess, when I was about 13 or 14, but I didn't know if they were good enough yet or anything.

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I feel a lot more comfortable being me these days. I'm constantly told that my work is good. A lot of fans and a lot of other artists say my songs and albums mean a lot to them. Isn't that what's important?

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I am trying to get right with God. I'm sort of making a statement about the excessiveness.

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I don't mean to complain. I wouldn't trade my life for anything.

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I'm always coming up with ideas that have been inspired by memories, everyday life and this and that and the other.

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The way I look at life, whatever I'm doing at that time in my life is going to be reflected in my songs, for the most part.

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Author Bio

  • NameLucinda Williams
  • Descriptionsinger
  • BornJanuary 26, 1953
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter; Singer; Songwriter