"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."

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Lucinda Williams

Singer-songwriter

Lucinda Williams is an acclaimed singer-songwriter known for her poignant lyrics and blending of country, rock, and blues, particularly in her album 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road.'

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"I think we start suffering as soon as we come out of the womb. I think that people tend to stereotype. When they think of suffering, they think of abuse - physical abuse, emotional abuse, poverty, that kind of thing. There's different levels of suffering. I don't think that it has to do with how much money you have - if you were raised in the ghetto or the Hamptons. For me it's more about perception: self-perception and how you perceive the world."

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