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Lucy Dacus

(1995) Singer

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Lucy Dacus writes songs that match what she truly believes, stopping when the words no longer feel honest. She reflects on how her adoption and personal history shape her music, and she often asks herself when negativity first appeared. She values documenting moments for the future and connecting with listeners through personal stories.

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Lucy Dacus is a singer.

Quick Facts About Lucy Dacus

Born: May 2, 1995
Profession: Singer

About Lucy Dacus

American singer-songwriter... | Lucy Elizabeth Dacus is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Originally from Richmond, Virginia, Dacus first gained fame following the release of her debut album, No Burden (2016), which led to a deal with Matador Records. Historian, her second album, was released in 2018 t

Quotes by Lucy Dacus

I'm never writing as a character.

Character

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I'm going to name my daughter Emily.

Children

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I love Led Zeppelin!

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I think in 'No Burden' there was a lot of positivity on the record.

Burden

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I couldn't have imagined working on a film I didn't believe in.

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I don't retain facts very well when it comes to music history.

Facts

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I don't even drink coffee. I try to avoid becoming reliant on any substance.

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Headliners, no matter the genre, usually are a person or band who has an ethos.

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It seems like there's a real world for new ideas in Philly.

Ideas

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'No Burden' is not necessarily ferocious.

Burden

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'Night Shift' is the only breakup song I've ever written.

Breakup

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It's true that no child is born knowing there's an evil thing. You learn what is ugly.

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The phrase 'no burden' largely captured what I wish people believed about themselves.

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People actually tell me that I'm living my dream. And I'm like, 'It's a little more nuanced than that.'

Dream

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A breakup is a state of mind that needs encouragement and needs hopeful, forward thinking.

Breakup

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That's my main complaint with Murakami: that he writes these complex males and then really static women.

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Negativity, in general, is one of the things that holds people back, and you have to see what's holding you back to…

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The media, and how we're taught to read it, has a huge impact on who we become as people.

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I've been journaling longer than I've been a musician, longer than I've been an artist, longer than I've been a writer in…

Art

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I was always taught to be grateful, and so the question came early: What is there to be grateful for? Why is…

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I think 'Historian' is ultimately a positive record, but I was a little bit worried about taking people into a dark world.…

Dark world

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It's weird to get asked questions that I don't know the answers to... But I like getting questions I don't know the…

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The main way that being adopted has shaped my songwriting is that I was asked at an early age to consider the…

Age

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Music was always encouraged as a passion and a hobby, but I was never told, 'This should be your job. You write…

Hobby

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I've been adjusting to what it means to be a songwriter, figuring out what I like about it and what I don't…

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I really enjoy navigating the business aspect of having a band, and there is a great amount of instinct. You don't wanna…

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Film is like sculpture, writing, acting, technical arts, all sorts of arts. And that's why I wanted to do it for so…

Acting

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Joan Didion's 'The Year of Magical Thinking' comes to mind as an example of a piece of media that I really respect…

Courage

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In film school, you get skills, but then you get lackey jobs, working on projects that you probably don't care about. And…

Cinema

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I just feel like you're being realistic if you can laugh at yourself.

Being

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My mom is an elementary-school music teacher. For her, music is an educational tool.

Education

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I will say it is funny that writing a song about not wanting to entertain people is what got me a career…

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Hopefully when you listen to a song, you can say, 'That's me,' or 'That's someone I know' - you relate to it…

Communication

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I'm not a big risk-taker - being bad just wasn't worth my time or the risk of having the consequences for it.…

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My favorite music is when the sound is supplementing the message. I don't think it's dramatic; it's cinematic.

Cinematic

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I think a lot about my obsessive need to document things and what it's going to mean in the future.

Future

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Every breakup is preceded by a bad relationship. So breakups should be cause for celebration and triumph.

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If you can come out from under pain, why wouldn't you? You definitely can. There's no question.

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It's important for me to write songs that feel good to sing every night and remind me of my core, truest beliefs.

Every night

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Really unfiltered personal writing is cool to me. I'm like, 'How did you show that to everyone?'

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Lucy Dacus by topic

People (19) Song (17) Music (17) Time (14) Writing (12) Life (12)