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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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" 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. "

Lucinda Williams

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

" 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. "

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

" We just did a few takes of a song and just picked the best one. It was real organic and genuine. "

" I'm always coming up with ideas that have been inspired by memories, everyday life and this and that and the other. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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! "

" People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I'd rather play a few nights at the Fillmore than play one night at an arena. "

" I'm dealing with things as they come along, and I'm talking about it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Lucinda Williams

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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. "

" You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready. "

" I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it. "

" 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

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