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

Lucinda Williams

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

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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'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. "

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

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

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

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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 usually have an idea of how I want a song to sound, but I don't always know how to get there. "

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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 trying to get out of my own way. "

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

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

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

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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. "

Lucinda Williams

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

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 am trying to get right with God. I'm sort of making a statement about the excessiveness. "

Lucinda Williams

" 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 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. "

Lucinda Williams

" 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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