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. — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
I feel like it's really kind of a sit-down album, much in the same way I imagine Billie Holiday or someone sitting down in the studio and singing. — 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
