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" I'm dealing with things as they come along, and I'm talking about it. "
Lucinda Williams
Come
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Things
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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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" 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'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 just like everyone. I like to feel togetherness with someone. "
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" 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 have to try different things to see what works best. Other people get impatient with that. "
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Try
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" We just did a few takes of a song and just picked the best one. It was real organic and genuine. "
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" 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. "
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Story
Talk
" I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it. "
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Deal
Out
" 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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Going
" People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness. "
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People
Own
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Trying
" There's so many other things to write about than unrequited love. "
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Other
Than
Write
" 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 Can
Easy
Speak
" I'm going to have my moody times. "
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Times
Going
Moody
" 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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Great
Material
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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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Looking
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Always
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