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There's so many other things to write about than unrequited love.

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

I can speak for most songwriters - those breakup love songs are so easy to write, as far as the inspiration and all that.

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

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.

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

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.

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

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.

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

First thing, I throw on some jeans, a T-shirt and my Keds sneakers and make coffee. That is actually my favorite time of day. That is when I do my songwriting, when I am in writing mode.

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

I have had to come to terms with wearing glasses.

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

Back in the 1960s, I saw Peter, Paul and Mary. I was at that age, about 14, and I was mesmerized.

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

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

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

Sometimes I might borrow something from a song I started a long time ago and see if I can grab something.

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

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

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

I usually have an idea of how I want a song to sound, but I don't always know how to get there.

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

Some of their best songs don't have bridges and choruses. So that made me think I should trust my instincts. My songs were okay, I figured. I didn't need to change anything.

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

I'd rather play a few nights at the Fillmore than play one night at an arena.

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

Just because I'm talking about something that might have been a sad or painful situation doesn't mean that I'm sad or tortured 24 hours a day any more than anybody else is.

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it.

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice.

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight.

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

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

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

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

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

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

Lucinda Williams

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate…I choose love.

Johnny Cash

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion -- against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas.

Johnny Cash

added by RobertHaigh
4 years ago

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