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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.
Lucinda Williams
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Lucinda Williams
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: January 26
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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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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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RB Morris is the greatest unknown singer-songwrit er in the US.
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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 love Emmylou Harris's version of my song, 'Sweet Old World.' Her intonation is great.
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Sometimes I feel like I just open myself up like I'm a vehicle for something coming through me. It's like a meditative state I have to be in.
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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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If you come into success too soon, you'll burn out and be finished before you know it. If you let the maturation process happen naturally, you'll be happier with yourself in the end.
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I feel a lot more comfortable being me these days. I'm constantly told that my work is good. A lot of fans and a lot of other artists say my songs and albums mean a lot to them. Isn't that what's important?
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I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together.
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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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So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight.
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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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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 have to try different things to see what works best. Other people get impatient with that.
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I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss?
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It's really about living in your head... just looking out at the world, then going back into your head and tossing around a lot of ideas and coming out with something interesting to say.
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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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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 am trying to get right with God. I'm sort of making a statement about the excessiveness.
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