Lucinda Williams Quotes

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

  Lucinda Williams

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

  Lucinda Williams

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

  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 their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice.

  Lucinda Williams

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

  Lucinda Williams

• The man I lived with is a Christian, so I would talk to him about it. What would this person do in the Bible? What’s the story around this person? Generally, when people talk about characters in the Bible, there’s one thing they’re known for, like Job.

  Lucinda Williams

• 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.

  Lucinda Williams

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

  Lucinda Williams

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

  Lucinda Williams

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

  Lucinda Williams

• 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.

  Lucinda Williams

• 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.

  Lucinda Williams

• In so many interviews, they bring up the sexual aspect of the record. I’ve had some journalists say it sounds like I’m lying down in bed singing with a microphone. It gets so old!

  Lucinda Williams

• 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.

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• 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.

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

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• I’m trying to get out of my own way.

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• 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.

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• I’m just like everyone. I like to feel togetherness with someone.

  Lucinda Williams

• 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.

  Lucinda Williams

Lucinda Williams (35)

Birth:	26th January, 1953
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Guitarist, Lyricist, Musician, Singer

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Births

• 1931 - Shirley Hazzard
• 1961 - Dexter Scott King
• 1961 - Angie Stone
• 1912 - Barbara W. Tuchman
• 1949 - Peter Agre

Deaths

• 1926 - W. L. George
• 2007 - Sidney Sheldon
• 1948 - Orville Wright
• 2006 - Wendy Wasserstein