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Song Quotes by Lucinda Williams
- 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…
- I usually have an idea of how I want a song to sound, but I don't always know how to get there
- I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss?
- We just did a few takes of a song and just picked the best one. It was real organic and genuine.
- 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 your…
- I feel a lot more comfortable being me these days. I'm constantly told that my work is good. A lot of fans and a lot…
- I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together.
- 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 broken.
- Some of their best songs don't have bridges and choruses. So that made me think I should trust my instincts. My songs were okay, I…
- I can speak for most songwriters - those breakup love songs are so easy to write, as far as the inspiration and all that.
- I love Emmylou Harris's version of my song, 'Sweet Old World.' Her intonation is great.
- I started writing songs, I guess, when I was about 13 or 14, but I didn't know if they were good enough yet or anything.
- Sometimes I might borrow something from a song I started a long time ago and see if I can grab something.
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- To think that when they come out with these gigantic songs, it's pretty tough to top them, you know. — Sebastian Bach
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