Believe it or not, people went so far as to suggest that I might not be able to write songs anymore because now I am married. I tried to explain again that there are other things to write about besides boy meets girl, girl meets boy, boy breaks up with girl, girl is sad.

Lucinda Williams

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I'm just like everyone. I like to feel togetherness with someone. by Lucinda Williams

I'm just like everyone. I like to feel togetherness with someone.

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As it turns out, now is the moment you've been waiting for by Lucinda Williams

As it turns out, now is the moment you've been waiting for

Lucinda Williams
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I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been broken.

Lucinda Williams
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Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don’t want it... by Lucinda Williams

Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don’t want it.

Lucinda Williams
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The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle. by Lucinda Williams

The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle.

Lucinda Williams
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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.

Lucinda Williams
jeanscoffeewriting

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.

Lucinda Williams
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People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them a... by Lucinda Williams

People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.

Lucinda Williams
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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.

Lucinda Williams
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You can't be afraid to deal with your demons. You've got to go th... by Lucinda Williams

You can't be afraid to deal with your demons. You've got to go there to be able to write.

Lucinda Williams
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I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the... by Lucinda Williams

I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly.

Lucinda Williams
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We just did a few takes of a song and just picked the best one. I... by Lucinda Williams

We just did a few takes of a song and just picked the best one. It was real organic and genuine.

Lucinda Williams
genuinerealsong

Just because I'm talking about something that might have been a sad or painful situation doesn't mean that I'm sad or tortured 24 hours a day any more than anybody else is.

Lucinda Williams
mighttalkingmean
What I do as a songwriter is a constant force in my life, that I'... by Lucinda Williams

What I do as a songwriter is a constant force in my life, that I'm grateful to have.

Lucinda Williams
constantforcegrateful

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.

Lucinda Williams
alzheimerslittlesway
It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll) by Lucinda Williams

It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll)

Lucinda Williams
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I'm pretty much the same person I was 20 years ago. My politics haven't changed. I have the same feeling of idealism. But I am a little bit wiser and more experienced.

Lucinda Williams
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I'm an artist first and foremost. So things are gonna go up and down and sideways and whichever way all through life.

Lucinda Williams
down-andartistway

Some of their best songs don't have bridges and choruses. So that made me think I should trust my instincts. My songs were okay, I figured. I didn't need to change anything.

Lucinda Williams
changesongthinking
I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff o... by Lucinda Williams

I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it.

Lucinda Williams
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