Im not just a doormat. Im not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, its about trying to find some strength through that. – Lucinda Williams
Just because Im talking about something that might have been a sad or painful situation doesnt mean that Im sad or tortured 24 hours a day any more than anybody else is. – Lucinda Williams
People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness. – Lucinda Williams
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. – Lucinda Williams
Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Whos sorry for a gnat or girl? – Elizabeth Barrett Browning