Lucinda Williams Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“There's so many other things to write about than unrequited love.”

“You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.”

“Of course, I'm older now. I'm 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.”

“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.”

“So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight.”

“I don't mean to complain. I wouldn't trade my life for anything.”

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

“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.”

“I am trying to get right with God. I'm sort of making a statement about the excessiveness.”