Lucinda Williams Quotes

I'm fascinated by the whole concept of snake handling. When you read about the Pentecostal snake handlers, what strikes you the most is their commitment.

I'm just like everyone. I like to feel togetherness with someone.

So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight.

I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that.

People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.

As it turns out, now is the moment you've been waiting for

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.

The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle.

First thing, I throw on some jeans, a T-shirt and my Keds sneakers and make coffee. That is actually my favorite time of day. That is when I do my songwriting, when I am in writing mode.

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

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

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

Just because I'm talking about something that might have been a sad or painful situation doesn't mean that I'm sad or tortured 24 hours a day any more than anybody else is.

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

I'm trying to learn how to tap into the power of my own being. I know it sounds corny.

Theres so many other things to write about than unrequited love.

I just broke up with my boyfriend, and I've been spending more time alone than I'd like.

You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process.

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 figured. I didn't need to change anything.

I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss?

I'm pretty much the same person I was 20 years ago. My politics haven't changed. I have the same feeling of idealism. But I am a little bit wiser and more experienced.

It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll)

You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.

I'd rather play a few nights at the Fillmore than play one night at an arena.

I have had to come to terms with wearing glasses.

What I do as a songwriter is a constant force in my life, that I'm grateful to have.

The thing about Alzheimer's is that it's... it's sort of like all these little, small deaths along the way, before they actually physically die.

I'm an artist first and foremost. So things are gonna go up and down and sideways and whichever way all through life.

It's really about living in your head... just looking out at the world, then going back into your head and tossing around a lot of ideas and coming out with something interesting to say.

We just did a few takes of a song and just picked the best one. It was real organic and genuine.

When the muse hits me, or the mood, or whatever it is, I get my guitar out and I empty it out. I just start going through things to see what's going to happen.

What seems conceit, bad manners or cynicism is always a sign of things no ear have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone.

I don't keep a journal anymore. I did when I was a teenager, but now because I write about it all in my songs, that's what I'm really doing.

Offer your art up to the whole world, not just an elite few.

RB Morris is the greatest unknown singer-songwrit er in the US.

The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me.

I have to try different things to see what works best. Other people get impatient with that.

Of course, Im older now. Im in a different place in my life than when I wrote the songs for Car Wheels or Essence or whatever. Different things were going on.

I grew up in a very literate, very independent household where people spoke their ideas and were very supportive of helping each other find their own way

If you come into success too soon, you'll burn out and be finished before you know it. If you let the maturation process happen naturally, you'll be happier with yourself in the end.

I've had trouble being in relationships and writing. This has been a real problem for me. I don't know if it's because I'm not free to fantasize or create these fantasy things about other people

I usually don't write about my life right when it happens. I process it, and I store it away. Then, when I get in the mood I pull the stuff back out.

Sometimes I dream song ideas. I write a song in my dream, the melody and everything. But then sometimes I can't remember them. I think later on, I probably do.

I'm polite. I guess that's the dichotomy within me. I don't like to piss people off just for the sake of pissing them off. I pick my battles.

It's easier to write songs when you're single.

Back in the 1960s, I saw Peter, Paul and Mary. I was at that age, about 14, and I was mesmerized.

Blaze Foley was a genius and a beautiful loser.

I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together.

I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.

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.