It's important for me to write songs that feel good to sing every night and remind me of my core, truest beliefs. — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
Hopefully when you listen to a song, you can say, 'That's me,' or 'That's someone I know' - you relate to it… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
I will say it is funny that writing a song about not wanting to entertain people is what got me a career… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
My mom is an elementary-school music teacher. For her, music is an educational tool. — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
My dad plays guitar in the church band, so it's like music as a service. He plays at old-people homes, so that's… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
Even if somebody wanted to tell me what one of my songs meant to him or her, I can't do it -… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
I value the people who are willing to make themselves vulnerable and share work that is sensitive and maybe even hard to… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
I have a huge note on my phone where things just start popping up. It doesn't make that much sense to me… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
There was never an 'a-ha' moment when a spider bit me and I knew I could write songs. For that reason, I… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
I really enjoy navigating the business aspect of having a band, and there is a great amount of instinct. You don't wanna… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
My mom is an elementary school music teacher, a pianist, and a singer, and my dad plays guitar - he's a huge… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
Questions don't easily die within me until they're answered, and so being able to write a song and put words to complex… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
I feel like the expectations have gone up. It's not a complaint, but it's a little intimidating. People are like, 'Oh, you're… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
When I'm on a stage, it's just me, singing a song with words that I wrote and I believe in. And if… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
I heard during our label-searching that some labels hire statisticians instead of A&R people. They'll reach out to the bands that will… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
When I'm on a stage, it's just me, singing a song with words that I wrote and I believe in. And if I don't… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share
Being on tour, it's really easy to stop knowing people that you want to know, because you're not sharing experiences; you're not existing in… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share
The main way that being adopted has shaped my songwriting is that I was asked at an early age to consider the circumstances that… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share
Music was always encouraged as a passion and a hobby, but I was never told, 'This should be your job. You write music and… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share
Whenever I'm trying to understand people that I don't understand, or things in people or even in myself, I'll say, 'When did this negativity… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share
In film school, you get skills, but then you get lackey jobs, working on projects that you probably don't care about. And there's something… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share
I think a lot about my obsessive need to document things and what it's going to mean in the future. — Lucy Dacus Copy Share
I've talked with friends about this: when you write about yourself, that's what people connect to. When you write a sermon or a lesson,… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share
I was always writing. I've always been attracted to words and stories, communication. — Lucy Dacus Copy Share
I was always taught to be grateful, and so the question came early: What is there to be grateful for? Why is life supposed… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share
I really enjoy navigating the business aspect of having a band, and there is a great amount of instinct. You don't wanna work with… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share
I feel like the expectations have gone up. It's not a complaint, but it's a little intimidating. People are like, 'Oh, you're on Matador.… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share
In middle school, you're figuring out how you're affecting people, and sometimes you're affecting people negatively. And what sucks is that it can affect… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share
There is no 'stop' - there's always 'go' on both sides: always keep writing, always keep recording. I don't find them to be segmented… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share
