"People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness." ― Lucinda Williams Topic(s): Strength More From 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." "Of course, I’m older now. I’m 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." "Back in the 1960s, I saw Peter, Paul and Mary. I was at that age, about 14, and I was mesmerized." More In Strength "The people I used to have around me from Nashville was showing love to the Cash Money clique on the strength of Buck trying to make it; making sure Buck gets to where he gots to go."― Young Buck "An American, a Negro… two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder."― W. E. B. Du Bois "The roles… the deep roles that I’ve gotten to play have turned my course. They’ve changed my life experience."― Sally Field