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" 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

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" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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" I grew up in a very literate, very independent household where people spoke their ideas and were very supportive of helping each other find their own way. "

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

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

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

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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