Lucinda Williams Quotes

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There's this whole myth that surrounds the idea of songwriting — you know, you're sitting on the edge of your bed, drinking Jack Daniel's, depressed as shit, and you're writing. That's never worked for me.

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You can be in hell and create your own heaven. But it takes an immense amount of discipline.

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Why should I listen to... whatever when I can listen to John Coltrane?

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I don't have the vocal range that I'd like to have. That's one of the reasons that I started writing songs. I didn't want to be seen as a singer. I figured if I wrote my own songs, my voice wouldn't be the main focal point.

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The things that are perfect are the things we don't have any control over.

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I don't handle money very well. I tend to be an impulse buyer. I bought my boyfriend — he's now my ex-boyfriend — a pickup truck. We broke up and he still has the truck, but that's okay. I don't mind that.

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The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle. You know, the kind who lives on the edge, the free spirit. But he's also gotta have the soul of a poet and a brilliant mind. So, you know, good luck.

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Apathy and complacency are the kiss of death. There's just no excuse for that.

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There are good people everywhere. Even in the music industry.

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I haven't decided yet how I feel about reincarnation. But as my dad always used to remind me, I was born the same month and year Hank Williams died. January '53.

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Everything from Halloween through Christmas I like. I like tradition. People might not realize that about me because of my lifestyle, but I actually appreciate ritual.

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If you're a dreamer and a romantic, you're going to have a hard time in the world. That's all there is to it. Because it's just a rough, hard world. I try to find bits of joy where I can. I'm trying to find a way to find some peace. I'm almost desperate. I don't want to be miserable the rest of my life, you know.

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I like rock clubs, big clubs like First Avenue in Minneapolis or the Fillmore. Any place people can stand up and have a drink.

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

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Part of my melancholy is just the loss of childhood. I can almost remember the day I realized nobody could really take care of me or protect me, that awareness of mortality and being on my own. Nothing's been the same since.

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I can't fathom being molded. I have been fanatical about not compromising to the point of paranoia, which is why I'm considered a pain to work with. I was raised to be passionate, and this rebel spirit helped me survive.

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On a good day, I look in the mirror and go, 'I'm kicking butt. My boyfriends are younger than I am, and they don't care.' On a bad day, I go, 'How am I going to look five years from now?' It makes me want to go into the desert, drop out and get tan and wrinkled like Georgia O'Keeffe.

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The natural state of humans is the way we are when we're children. Before we get infiltrated with all this junk.

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I'm drawn to bass players, and I haven't really figured out why. They tend to be more in the background and kind of holding the beat. Sometimes lead-guitar players can be frustrated singer-songwriters. They really want to be in the spotlight. But bass players, they've got that rhythmic thing. That beat, you know? There's something about that rhythm section.

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In a perfect world, I'd just run up onto the stage with no makeup on.

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