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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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Lucinda Williams
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: January 26
Composer
Entrepreneur
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Singer-Songwriter
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Lucinda Gayl Williams
Lucinda Gayle Williams
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