Lucinda Williams Quotes
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I'm fascinated by the whole concept of snake handling. When you read about the Pentecostal snake handlers, what strikes you the most is their commitment.
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I can speak for most songwriters - those breakup love songs are so easy to write, as far as the inspiration and all that.
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I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together.
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I have to try different things to see what works best. Other people get impatient with that.
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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.
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Sometimes I might borrow something from a song I started a long time ago and see if I can grab something.
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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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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.
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So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight.
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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.
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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 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 just broke up with my boyfriend, and I've been spending more time alone than I'd like.
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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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I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it.
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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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If you come into success too soon, you'll burn out and be finished before you know it. If you let the maturation process happen naturally, you'll be happier with yourself in the end.
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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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We just did a few takes of a song and just picked the best one. It was real organic and genuine.
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You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.
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I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that.
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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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I'm just like everyone. I like to feel togetherness with someone.
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It's really about living in your head... just looking out at the world, then going back into your head and tossing around a lot of ideas and coming out with something interesting to say.