Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

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

Lucinda Williams

Related Quotes:

" I'd rather play a few nights at the Fillmore than play one night at an arena. "

Lucinda Williams

" I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been broken. "

Lucinda Williams

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

Lucinda Williams

" I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that. "

Lucinda Williams

" I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly. "

Lucinda Williams

" I'm trying to learn how to tap into the power of my own being. I know it sounds corny. "

Lucinda Williams

" I just broke up with my boyfriend, and I've been spending more time alone than I'd like. "

Lucinda Williams

" 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. "

Lucinda Williams

" I'm going to have my moody times. "

Lucinda Williams

" I have to try different things to see what works best. Other people get impatient with that. "

Lucinda Williams

" I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together. "

Lucinda Williams

" People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness. "

Lucinda Williams

" 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. "

Lucinda Williams

" 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. "

Lucinda Williams

" Sometimes I might borrow something from a song I started a long time ago and see if I can grab something. "

Lucinda Williams

" I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss? "

Lucinda Williams

" I love Emmylou Harris's version of my song, 'Sweet Old World.' Her intonation is great. "

Lucinda Williams

" I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired. "

Lucinda Williams

" Back in the 1960s, I saw Peter, Paul and Mary. I was at that age, about 14, and I was mesmerized. "

Lucinda Williams

" We just did a few takes of a song and just picked the best one. It was real organic and genuine. "

Lucinda Williams

" I'm just like everyone. I like to feel togetherness with someone. "

Lucinda Williams

" The man I lived with is a Christian, so I would talk to him about it. What would this person do in the Bible? What's the story around this person? Generally, when people talk about characters in the Bible, there's one thing they're known for, like Job. "

Lucinda Williams

" My approach to recording and all that is pretty organic. It just has to do with all the songs I wrote; go in and record them. "

Lucinda Williams

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

Lucinda Williams

" Sade's stuff is real deceptive. She's got stuff about prostitutes, poverty and people on the streets. "

Lucinda Williams

" I have had to come to terms with wearing glasses. "

Lucinda Williams

" The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me. "

Lucinda Williams

" I started writing more with my voice in mind. "

Lucinda Williams

" In so many interviews, they bring up the sexual aspect of the record. I've had some journalists say it sounds like I'm lying down in bed singing with a microphone. It gets so old! "

Lucinda Williams

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

Lucinda Williams