Lucinda Williams Quotes

It's easy to love yourself when you feel good enough, when you feel special enough, when you're loved enough, when you have enough money, and you're appreciated.

When someone gives you a compliment, believe them.

I'm just glad that people think I'm good. The other way around would not be fun!

I guess other people's compliments motivate you.

I was actually picked on as a kid. I guess in high school it started to change for me. I guess being picked on made a lasting impression on me so I never - whenever somebody calls me handsome or anything like that, I never take it for granted. I appreciate it every time I hear it, so it's never something that gets old.

Everybody has a bad hair day, but us girls still like to be told we look nice even if we don't feel like we do.

For people to come to you and say, 'Would you like to be a part of our show?' after years of 'Please tell me I'm good enough,'... I can't tell you how wonderful it feels.

Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing.

The sweetest thing a guy said is that I look pretty with or without makeup.

Am I really cool? You're telling me I'm cool? Well, that's good to hear.

It's nice to feel the fans are behind you. You shouldn't concern yourself with things like that - but it does matter.

To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche.

The funny thing is, I'm so used to not caring what anyone says, good or bad, that unfortunately even when people say good things... I wish it made me feel good, but it doesn't.

No, as it turns out, I really like being congratulated on my weight loss. I like it so much, it's tragic.

My life has been many examples of shortsighted goals that I thought would fix things. You know, if there's something broken inside me, if there's a hole in there, I thought: If I could just write a good song someday, then I'd be OK. You know, if I could just be on stage in front of people I'd never seen before and be validated by them.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

I have a folder where I keep all the articles the critics have written about me. It makes me feel good.

I am far more confident now because of the love people have showered on me. Their acceptance is what keeps me going.

All the appreciation I have been receiving has been very encouraging. It pushes me to do better.

The audience is loving me the way I am, and that's most important.

There was a person who thought I was OK. I wasn't a complete dope. I got some confidence out of that.

I'm happy to be told that I am beautiful, but I don't gain anything from that.

When someone who loves and cares about me compliments me, I feel more glamorous than when the flashbulbs are going off on the red carpet.

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough.

I cannot be so bad when everybody is so fond of me.