Lucinda Williams Quotes

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 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 have to try different things to see what works best. Other people get impatient with that. 
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I started writing more with my voice in mind. 
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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 write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it. 
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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'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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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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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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Sade's stuff is real deceptive. She's got stuff about prostitutes, poverty and people on the streets. 
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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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Sometimes I feel like I just open myself up like I'm a vehicle for something coming through me. It's like a meditative state I have to be in. 
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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 Job. 
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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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You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready. 
Lucinda Williams