The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me. Lucinda Williams More Quotes by Lucinda Williams More Quotes From Lucinda Williams I started writing songs, I guess, when I was about 13 or 14, but I didn't know if they were good enough yet or anything. Lucinda Williams good-enough writing song I started writing more with my voice in mind. Lucinda Williams voice mind writing I am trying to get right with God. I'm sort of making a statement about the excessiveness. Lucinda Williams excessiveness statements trying I can speak for most songwriters - those breakup love songs are so easy to write, as far as the inspiration and all that. Lucinda Williams breakup inspiration song I love Emmylou Harris's version of my song, 'Sweet Old World.' Her intonation is great. Lucinda Williams song sweet world 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. Lucinda Williams vehicle states sometimes I'm trying to get out of my own way Lucinda Williams my-own trying way Any time there's a major change, whether it's going into a relationship, getting out of a relationship, moving to a new city, a death - that usually provides a catalyst for an explosion of creativity. Lucinda Williams creativity cities moving 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. Lucinda Williams struggle mean world 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 teenager writing song I usually don't write about my life right when it happens. I process it, and I store it away. Then, when I get in the mood I pull the stuff back out. Lucinda Williams mood stuff writing Sometimes I dream song ideas. I write a song in my dream, the melody and everything. But then sometimes I can't remember them. I think later on, I probably do. Lucinda Williams dream writing song I'm polite. I guess that's the dichotomy within me. I don't like to piss people off just for the sake of pissing them off. I pick my battles. Lucinda Williams battle sake people It's easier to write songs when you're single. Lucinda Williams easier writing song Theres so many other things to write about than unrequited love. Lucinda Williams unrequited unrequited-love writing 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 car essence song Blaze Foley was a genius and a beautiful loser. Lucinda Williams loser genius beautiful When I started out playing guitar and singing, I was about twelve, going on thirteen. The role models for me back then were the folk singers. They all had these high, really nice voices and ranges, like Judy Collins and Joan Baez, and then later, of course, Joni Mitchell and Linda Ronstadt. I decided early on that I was going to learn how to write songs really, really well, because I didn't want to have to compete as a singer. I didn't feel that it was my strong point. Lucinda Williams nice strong song I started writing little short stories and poems as soon as I learned to read and write. I think I was six years old. And then when I got to be eleven, twelve, and into my teens, I was just listening to records all the time, and I got a guitar. I started to take guitar lessons when I was twelve. Lucinda Williams guitar writing thinking I don't want to beat people over the head with my political views. It's more about the humanitarian aspect of it. Lucinda Williams humanitarian political people
