I was immediately taken with Geoff Muldaur's rich soulful voice, masterful phrasing and guitar playing when I first heard him. Lucinda Williams More Quotes by Lucinda Williams More Quotes From Lucinda Williams 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. Lucinda Williams eye ears war I grew up around poets and novelists and my dad wrote poems about everything - from a cat sleeping in a window to a car wreck he passed on the highway. I learned not to censor myself: that was one of things I learned in my apprenticeship, my creative-writing apprenticeship with my dad. Lucinda Williams dad cat sleep People seemed to think, you get to a certain age or you get married or you, you're comfortable. And so now there's nothing to write about: that angst is gone. The youthful angst. And that just hasn't happened with me. Lucinda Williams writing people thinking I didn't grow up in a mom-and-pop, Ozzie and Harriet type of environment, but who did. Lucinda Williams environment growing-up mom There's always stuff to write about. So it's very gratifying on a lot of levels. This is stuff I got asked over and over again, or heard about. People would ask me about it, but they kind of knew the answer. It would be this ongoing question: "Your fans are wondering, now that you're married, are you still going to be able to write songs?" I'm serious! I would get asked that! Lucinda Williams writing song people 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. Lucinda Williams nashville rocks thinking 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 girl song believe I think we start suffering as soon as we come out of the womb. I think that people tend to stereotype. When they think of suffering, they think of abuse - physical abuse, emotional abuse, poverty, that kind of thing. There's different levels of suffering. I don't think that it has to do with how much money you have - if you were raised in the ghetto or the Hamptons. For me it's more about perception: self-perception and how you perceive the world. Lucinda Williams ghetto emotional thinking 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. Lucinda Williams muse empty guitar It's always been hard for me to do without sounding precious or too corny or whatever. Lucinda Williams corny There's this whole idea that you've got the blues and you're going to write. Bullshit. When I feel really bad, all I want to do is sit in front of the TV with the remote control and check out. Lucinda Williams bullshit writing ideas I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together. Lucinda Williams together writing song I'm dealing with things as they come along, and I'm talking about it Lucinda Williams talking You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready. Lucinda Williams crafts success people You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process. Lucinda Williams process praise work I have had to come to terms with wearing glasses. Lucinda Williams term glasses The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me. Lucinda Williams upbringing appreciate done I just broke up with my boyfriend, and I've been spending more time alone than I'd like. Lucinda Williams broke-up more-time my-boyfriend 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. Lucinda Williams pockets writing ideas 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. Lucinda Williams done long thinking
