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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
Lucinda Williams
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Lucinda Williams
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: January 26
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Singer-Songwriter
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 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'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'm always writing ideas down and then I stick em in my pocket and put em in that folder so I don't lose them. Like, somebody might say something, and I'll go, oh that's a good line, and that goes in the folder, too. It's kind of an ongoing process for me.
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What seems conceit, bad manners or cynicism is always a sign of things no ear have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone.
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The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle.
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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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You can't be afraid to deal with your demons. You've got to go there to be able to write.
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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 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 think in the world of rock music or whatever it's called - anything outside of Nashville - there's a lot more freedom within that industry to do whatever you want to do.
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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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As it turns out, now is the moment you've been waiting for
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I don't mean to complain. I wouldn't trade my life for anything.
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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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