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

Lucinda Williams

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" In so many interviews, they bring up the sexual aspect of the record. I've had some journalists say it sounds like I'm lying down in bed singing with a microphone. It gets so old! "

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

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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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" 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 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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" 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. "

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

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

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

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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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