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" I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired. "
Lucinda Williams
Inspired
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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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" 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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" I have had to come to terms with wearing glasses. "
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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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" 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'm trying to get out of my own way. "
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" The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me. "
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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 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'm just like everyone. I like to feel togetherness with someone. "
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" You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready. "
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" There's so many other things to write about than unrequited love. "
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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 started writing more with my voice in mind. "
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" 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 dealing with things as they come along, and I'm talking about it. "
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" I'd rather play a few nights at the Fillmore than play one night at an arena. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm going to have my moody times. "
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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'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. "
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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. "
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" I'm always coming up with ideas that have been inspired by memories, everyday life and this and that and the other. "
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" I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss? "
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" 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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" 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 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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