I grew up around poets and novelists and my dad wrote poems about everything - from a cat sleeping in a window to a car wreck he passed on the highway. I learned not to censor myself: that was one… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
Of course, Im older now. Im 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 Copy Share Image
Above all, the listener should be able to understand the poem or the song, not be forced to unravel a complicated, self-indulgent puzzle. Offer… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly. — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
Sade's stuff is real deceptive. She's got stuff about prostitutes, poverty and people on the streets. — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
I'm an artist first and foremost. So things are gonna go up and down and sideways and whichever way all through life. — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
It's just the more you do it the better you get, or at least that's how I feel in my case. I think it's… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don’t want it. — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
You can't be afraid to deal with your demons. You've got to go there to be able to write. — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
There's so many other things to write about than unrequited love. — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
I'm always coming up with ideas that have been inspired by memories, everyday life and this and that and the other. — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
