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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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Lucinda Williams
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: January 26
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Lake Charles
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Lucinda Gayl Williams
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What I do as a songwriter is a constant force in my life, that I'm grateful to have.
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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 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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When the muse hits me, or the mood, or whatever it is, I get my guitar out and I empty it out. I just start going through things to see what's going to happen.
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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'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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