Above all, the listener should be able to understand the poem or the song, not be forced to unravel a complicated, self-indulgent… — 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… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
Believe it or not, people went so far as to suggest that I might not be able to write songs anymore because… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
Some of their best songs don't have bridges and choruses. So that made me think I should trust my instincts. My songs… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
The way I look at life, whatever I'm doing at that time in my life is going to be reflected in my… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
When I started out playing guitar and singing, I was about twelve, going on thirteen. The role models for me back then… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
I usually have an idea of how I want a song to sound, but I don't always know how to get there — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
I feel a lot more comfortable being me these days. I'm constantly told that my work is good. A lot of fans… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
Sometimes I might borrow something from a song I started a long time ago and see if I can grab something. — 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… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
I started writing songs, I guess, when I was about 13 or 14, but I didn't know if they were good enough… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
Sometimes I dream song ideas. I write a song in my dream, the melody and everything. But then sometimes I can't remember… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together. — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
We just did a few takes of a song and just picked the best one. It was real organic and genuine. — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
There's always stuff to write about. So it's very gratifying on a lot of levels. This is stuff I got asked over… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
I can speak for most songwriters - those breakup love songs are so easy to write, as far as the inspiration and… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
I love Emmylou Harris's version of my song, 'Sweet Old World.' Her intonation is great. — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
I don't keep a journal anymore. I did when I was a teenager, but now because I write about it all in… — 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
