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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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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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