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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.

Lucinda Williams

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Lucinda Williams
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: January 26
Composer
Entrepreneur
Music Arranger
Record Producer
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Singer-Songwriter
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Lucinda Gayl Williams
Lucinda Gayle Williams
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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 started writing more with my voice in mind.
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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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First thing, I throw on some jeans, a T-shirt and my Keds sneakers and make coffee. That is actually my favorite time of day. That is when I do my songwriting, when I am in writing mode.
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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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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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What I do as a songwriter is a constant force in my life, that I'm grateful to have.
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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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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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The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me.
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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 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'm in a contented, loving relationship, but that doesn't mean I'm not struggling with other things that are going on around me in the world.
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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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The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle.
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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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