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The male gay community seems to be very into female singers. I think it could be the songs we sing. They're more open with their feelings. And they have good taste! Liza Minnelli

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I love songs that create moments that are very personal and that tell a story. Lizz Wright

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There's a beautiful, kind of seductive trap in being autobiographical in our writing of songs: We just get stuck in our own syrup, and it's so personal that it almost can be embarrassing to the listener. Lizz Wright

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I prefer to read into other people's songs what I want to hear in them. Lou Barlow

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Most of the times that I've written break-up songs, it's been different because I was always trying to get back to something: get back to a situation or talk my way or sing my way back into the relationship. Lou Barlow

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I put all my big revelations into songs when I was in my 20s; as you get older, revelations are harder to come by. Lou Barlow

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I've put out a lot of stuff that just confused and alienated people: a huge chunk of songs that were verbal and musical challenges to myself, thoughts I was keeping myself busy with, nothing I had any intention of anybody grasping onto. Lou Barlow

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I wanted to be an actor. That was my real goal. But I wasn't any good at it, so I wrote my own material and acted through that. That's my idea of fun. I get to be all these things in the songs. Lou Reed

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Family life is tough, I'll say that for it. But in my case, I've mined the family. In a sense, I've used it. I've used what happened - the different events, the births of children, birthdays. Connecting, not connecting. Regret, shame, guilt. I mean, they're all in the songs. And love, too, I hasten to add. Loudon Wainwright III

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I know that people don't listen to music much in the way when they'll put on a CD, sit down, have a drink or go on a car journey. People pick and choose and just listen to tracks. But when I make a record, I try to think about it as a 50 minute musical journey, so the mood is very important, as is the sequence of the songs. Loudon Wainwright III

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I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss? Lucinda Williams

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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

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I feel a lot more comfortable being me these days. I'm constantly told that my work is good. A lot of fans and a lot of other artists say my songs and albums mean a lot to them. Isn't that what's important? Lucinda Williams

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My approach to recording and all that is pretty organic. It just has to do with all the songs I wrote; go in and record them. Lucinda Williams

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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. Lucinda Williams

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Even people that are close to me or people that are acquaintances... The only question I get now is, 'How is music going?' It's an overpowering quality of my life now, the fact that I write songs. It's weird to navigate what that means socially. Lucy Dacus

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