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" I certainly had my God-can-you-just-take-me-now-I've-just-had-it-I'm-checking-out-let-me-off-the-train-I'm-done kind of thing. But, you know, I would never actually do it. I just can't imagine what it would take to do that. "

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" 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

Concept

Commitment

Most

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

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

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

Lucinda Williams

Time

Alone

" 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. "

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

" I feel a lot more comfortable being me these days. I'm constantly told that my work is good. A lot of fans and a lot of other artists say my songs and albums mean a lot to them. Isn't that what's important? "

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

" 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

Think

Best

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

" If you come into success too soon, you'll burn out and be finished before you know it. If you let the maturation process happen naturally, you'll be happier with yourself in the end. "

" 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. "

" You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I'm dealing with things as they come along, and I'm talking about it. "

" I usually have an idea of how I want a song to sound, but I don't always know how to get there. "

" I'm trying to get out of my own way. "

" I have a folder of scraps and pieces of paper with stuff, ideas for songs from the last 25 years; just little things, maybe early songs that I finished, but didn't think they were good enough. "

" First thing, I throw on some jeans, a T-shirt and my Keds sneakers and make coffee. That is actually my favorite time of day. That is when I do my songwriting, when I am in writing mode. "

" The way I look at life, whatever I'm doing at that time in my life is going to be reflected in my songs, for the most part. "

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

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

" Just because I'm talking about something that might have been a sad or painful situation doesn't mean that I'm sad or tortured 24 hours a day any more than anybody else is. "

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

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

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

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