It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll) Lucinda Williams More Quotes by Lucinda Williams More Quotes From Lucinda Williams 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 dadcatsleep 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 writingpeoplethinking I didn't grow up in a mom-and-pop, Ozzie and Harriet type of environment, but who did. Lucinda Williams environmentgrowing-upmom 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 writingsongpeople 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 nashvillerocksthinking 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 girlsongbelieve 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 ghettoemotionalthinking 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 museemptyguitar 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 bullshitwritingideas I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together. Lucinda Williams togetherwritingsong 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 craftssuccesspeople You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process. Lucinda Williams processpraisework I have had to come to terms with wearing glasses. Lucinda Williams termglasses The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me. Lucinda Williams upbringingappreciatedone I just broke up with my boyfriend, and I've been spending more time alone than I'd like. Lucinda Williams broke-upmore-timemy-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 pocketswritingideas 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 donelongthinking I'm fascinated by the whole concept of snake handling. When you read about the Pentecostal snake handlers, what strikes you the most is their commitment. Lucinda Williams snakesstrikescommitment
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