Writing songs Quotes by Lucinda Williams

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

I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly.

— Lucinda Williams

Sade's stuff is real deceptive. She's got stuff about prostitutes, poverty and people on the streets.

— Lucinda Williams

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

I don't mean to complain. I wouldn't trade my life for anything.

— Lucinda Williams

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

I have had to come to terms with wearing glasses.

— Lucinda Williams

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

Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don’t want it.

— Lucinda Williams

You can't be afraid to deal with your demons. You've got to go there to be able to write.

— Lucinda Williams

There's so many other things to write about than unrequited love.

— Lucinda Williams

I'm always coming up with ideas that have been inspired by memories, everyday life and this and that and the other.

— Lucinda Williams