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

Lucinda Williams

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

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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 can speak for most songwriters - those breakup love songs are so easy to write, as far as the inspiration and all that. "

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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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" 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. "

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

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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

" 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. "

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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. "

Lucinda Williams

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

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

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

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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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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" I've had trouble being in relationships and writing. This has been a real problem for me. I don't know if it's because I'm not free to fantasize or create these fantasy things about other people. "

Lucinda Williams

" 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. "

Lucinda Williams

" 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. "

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

Lucinda Williams

" 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. "

Lucinda Williams

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

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

Lucinda Williams

" 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. "

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