Lucinda Williams Quotes
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 art up to the whole world, not just an elite few.
I usually have an idea of how I want a song to sound, but I don't always know how to get there
I am trying to get right with God. I'm sort of making a statement about the excessiveness.
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.
I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it.
You can't be afraid to deal with your demons. You've got to go there to be able to write.
I was immediately taken with Geoff Muldaur's rich soulful voice, masterful phrasing and guitar playing when I first heard him.
I don't want to beat people over the head with my political views. It's more about the humanitarian aspect of it.
I'm in a contented, loving relationship, but that doesn't mean I'm not struggling with other things that are going on around me in the world.
Sometimes I feel like I just open myself up like I'm a vehicle for something coming through me. It's like a meditative state I have to be in.
I think in the world of rock music or whatever it's called - anything outside of Nashville - there's a lot more freedom within that industry to do whatever you want to do.
It's always been hard for me to do without sounding precious or too corny or whatever.
There's this whole idea that you've got the blues and you're going to write. Bullshit. When I feel really bad, all I want to do is sit in front of the TV with the remote control and check out.
I didn't grow up in a mom-and-pop, Ozzie and Harriet type of environment, but who did.