Lucinda Williams Quotes
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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'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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There's so many other things to write about than unrequited love.
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I'm going to have my moody times.
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I started writing more with my voice in mind.
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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.
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Sade's stuff is real deceptive. She's got stuff about prostitutes, poverty and people on the streets.
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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 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 don't mean to complain. I wouldn't trade my life for anything.
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I'm trying to get out of my own way.
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I love Emmylou Harris's version of my song, 'Sweet Old World.' Her intonation is great.
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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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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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Back in the 1960s, I saw Peter, Paul and Mary. I was at that age, about 14, and I was mesmerized.
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I'd rather play a few nights at the Fillmore than play one night at an arena.
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I'm trying to learn how to tap into the power of my own being. I know it sounds corny.
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People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.
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I usually have an idea of how I want a song to sound, but I don't always know how to get there.
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I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss?
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I have had to come to terms with wearing glasses.
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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.