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In middle school, you're figuring out how you're affecting people, and sometimes you're affecting people negatively. And what sucks is that it can affect people for their whole lives. I didn't realize I was a part of that.
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I take photos, I used to make films, I journal incessantly, and I really value the documentation of life. Because it's almost like you are making something special by wanting to make it exist in an object - on paper or even just in the computer - making these recordings, making this music.
Lucy Dacus
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Negativity, in general, is one of the things that holds people back, and you have to see what's holding you back to get away from it.
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I was the funny one in my group; there was a lot pressure to be responsible for everyone's happiness. I didn't like watching other friends of mine be called the 'pretty one' or the 'smart one.' That had no depth, and it didn't match how I knew them.
Lucy Dacus -
I'm going to name my daughter Emily.
Lucy Dacus -
I don't end up writing songs in my journals, but I'm sure that my ability to write songs has been helped by how consistently and impulsively I try to get my life into words through the journals.
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It's important for me to write songs that feel good to sing every night and remind me of my core, truest beliefs.
Lucy Dacus -
Film is like sculpture, writing, acting, technical arts, all sorts of arts. And that's why I wanted to do it for so long, because it would include so many places for attention.
Lucy Dacus
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Humans are fascinated with communication. I was always drawn to words and stories, staying in touch with your feelings and being open to what's around you.
Lucy Dacus -
Usually, I'll just be walking from my house to somewhere else, and melodies and words will start coming up, and I'll have to run home to write it all down.
Lucy Dacus -
I think 'Historian' is ultimately a positive record, but I was a little bit worried about taking people into a dark world. I tried to do it with as much care as possible, but it's not easy to ask people to think about death or loss or confusion.
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Headliners, no matter the genre, usually are a person or band who has an ethos.
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I've written in the middle of a conversation or the grocery store or at another band's concert or in the last moments before falling asleep. It's pretty unpredictable. I think it's always flowing, and sometimes I'm not listening. There's no formula for when I'm going to be able to be a good listener to myself.
Lucy Dacus -
Really unfiltered personal writing is cool to me. I'm like, 'How did you show that to everyone?'
Lucy Dacus
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Hopefully when you listen to a song, you can say, 'That's me,' or 'That's someone I know' - you relate to it in a way that's cathartic.
Lucy Dacus -
I hear a lot of artists become kinda self-referential, and a lot of people that tour a lot tend to write about the perils of being on the road later in their careers.
Lucy Dacus -
I was always taught to be grateful, and so the question came early: What is there to be grateful for? Why is life supposed to be so good? That's still a question I try to answer all the time.
Lucy Dacus -
A breakup is a state of mind that needs encouragement and needs hopeful, forward thinking.
Lucy Dacus -
You don't have to make something in order to retain your identity as an artist or a writer or a creative person. A lot of people think they have to be producing in order to maintain that identity.
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I would not say that my relationships are becoming shallow; if anything, some of them are really being tested in a way that I'm so thankful for my friends that call me and still want to talk.
Lucy Dacus
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It's one thing to make something, and then it's another thing to put it in front of other people.
Lucy Dacus -
Music was always encouraged as a passion and a hobby, but I was never told, 'This should be your job. You write music and record for a living.' It doesn't happen for people.
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If you can come out from under pain, why wouldn't you? You definitely can. There's no question.
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There is no 'stop' - there's always 'go' on both sides: always keep writing, always keep recording. I don't find them to be segmented processes.
Lucy Dacus