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You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process.
Lucinda Williams
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Lucinda Williams
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: January 26
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Lake Charles
Louisiana
Lucinda Gayl Williams
Lucinda Gayle Williams
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It's just the more you do it the better you get, or at least that's how I feel in my case. I think it's a combination of confidence and just having done it this long and just learning. I'm always learning. I'm still honing my craft.
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I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss?
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I started writing more with my voice in mind.
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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.
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The thing about Alzheimer's is that it's... it's sort of like all these little, small deaths along the way, before they actually physically die.
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Of course, Im older now. Im in a different place in my life than when I wrote the songs for Car Wheels or Essence or whatever. Different things were going on.
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I love Emmylou Harris's version of my song, 'Sweet Old World.' Her intonation is great.
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I don't mean to complain. I wouldn't trade my life for anything.
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I grew up in a very literate, very independent household where people spoke their ideas and were very supportive of helping each other find their own way
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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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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'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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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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It's always been hard for me to do without sounding precious or too corny or whatever.
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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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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'd rather play a few nights at the Fillmore than play one night at an arena.
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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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I don't keep a journal anymore. I did when I was a teenager, but now because I write about it all in my songs, that's what I'm really doing.
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