"I grew up being aware that I was Southern, and that being a very important thing for me. And being drawn to short story writers, like Flannery O’Connor and Eudora Welty—the surroundings in their stories were so familiar to me, the whole Southern Gothic thing. That world only existed in that part of the country. It’s going to inform the personality of the songs. In a lot of my songwriting, I mention towns and places. It’s a culturally traditional thing in the South to tell stories."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Non-fiction authors from the United StatesSinger-songwriters from the United StatesGuitarists from the United StatesWomen guitaristsWomen singers from the United States
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
On how her Southern heritage informed her songwriting in “Lucinda Williams On the Hard and Sedulous Road to Major Label Success” in She Shreds (2017 Mar 6)
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lucinda_Williams
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Lucinda Williams
23 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Lucinda Williams →
Related Quotes
"I would risk the serpent's bite. I would dance around with seven. I would kiss the diamond back, If I knew it would g…"
"I know—they treat it like it’s a big phenomena. It would be like, “all-girl band” or “girl drummer” and I’d be like, …"
"My mother passed away in 2004, and then my dad 10 years later. That period in between, I wrote songs like “Death Came…"
"I was always into different kinds of music but just by default, I was singing and playing acoustic guitar; I didn’t k…"
"I think what informs my songwriting is my empathy with that. Maybe that’s what bothers people. It scares them to go t…"
"The night's too long; It just drags on and on. And then there's never enough. That's when the sun starts coming up. D…"
"Do I want too much? Am I going overboard to want that touch? I shouted out to the night: "Give me what I deserve, cau…"
"He sleeps all alone on Second Street With a roof over his head and food to eat. But he can hardly make it day to day …"
"There are things about you that make me wanna scream and shout. There are things about you that make me wanna lock yo…"
"Are you alright? All of a sudden you went away. Are you alright? I hope you come back around someday."