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… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
Music was always encouraged as a passion and a hobby, but I was never told, 'This should be your job. You write… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
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… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
I've talked with friends about this: when you write about yourself, that's what people connect to. When you write a sermon or… — 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
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… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
Negativity, in general, is one of the things that holds people back, and you have to see what's holding you back to… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
Writing has never been an intentional endeavor to me. I know a lot of people have experiences and then sit down and… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
I can't imagine being in a tour bus. It would be nice, but I think it costs $30,000 a week to rent.… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
I really believe in hopefulness and respect people that are hopeful. I think I'm at my best when I think hopefully. — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
The media, and how we're taught to read it, has a huge impact on who we become as people. — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
The phrase 'no burden' largely captured what I wish people believed about themselves. — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
People actually tell me that I'm living my dream. And I'm like, 'It's a little more nuanced than that.' — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
It's one thing to make something, and then it's another thing to put it in front of other people. — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
I think I've had extremes of being unable to exist outside of my own head, and then I only am existing for… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
I've been adjusting to what it means to be a songwriter, figuring out what I like about it and what I don't… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
You don't have to make something in order to retain your identity as an artist or a writer or a creative person.… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
I hear a lot of artists become kinda self-referential, and a lot of people that tour a lot tend to write about… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
I haven't studied history - I couldn't give a discourse in medieval literature - but I am a personal historian, and I… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I was always writing. I've always been attracted to words and stories, communication. — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 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 on Matador.… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
