Will Oldham Quotes

As it turns out, as an adult I can have a very unpleasant, fierce and unforgiving temper at times. But I don't think I had that when I was a kid.
Will Oldham

Times, Kid, Temper

I need to go someplace faraway that doesn't have telephones and doesn't have a record player and doesn't have movie theaters and people walking down the street in order to not do anything.
Will Oldham

Down, Order, Movie

Cities are made for enemies to destroy.
Will Oldham

Made, Destroy, Cities

I do not want a personal relationship with my fans. Or to do anything that encourages them to think they have one with me. They can have a personal relationship with my songs. That's fine, but they don't know me.
Will Oldham

Personal, Fine, Songs

I don't like going to cities. I don't mind maybe being in a city sometimes for a few hours, but I pretty much don't like cities. I don't even like passing through them.
Will Oldham

Mind, Through, Pretty

I don't like the idea of being surrounded by hidden things; people you can't see in buildings and cars.
Will Oldham

Idea, Cars, Hidden

I don't think that word - the word pirate - has any real meaning. Or it's something that's had meaning imposed on it.
Will Oldham

Real, Word, Meaning

I figure it's okay to make certain rules, whether or not people despise you for it at the time.
Will Oldham

Time, Whether, Rules

I have more respect for somebody who points at his ideal - in this case, the ideal of the pirate - and then becomes something that's more radical, more exciting, more subversive than a pirate could ever be.
Will Oldham

Respect, Somebody, Exciting

I like rural areas.
Will Oldham

I make the songs and part of making them is singing them. But what you hear is not me. It's the song. It's through me.
Will Oldham

Through, Song, Making

I really hate press.
Will Oldham

I think everybody works from a defensive position, for the most part, in the film industry.
Will Oldham

Film, Everybody, Works

I think records and music are more appropriate and more respectful of the human soul than the churches are. And more respectful of the needs of humans to communicate with the aspects of themselves that are neglected by language.
Will Oldham

Music, Human, Soul

I think that America in general is piratical. Every time we accept a paycheck for doing almost nothing, allowing us to live above the poverty line, we're engaging in piracy.
Will Oldham

Time, Live, Nothing

I think that what trips up a lot of great musicians is that they become involved with too many things that aren't where their strengths lie.
Will Oldham

Great, Lie, Become

I write a song to be recorded. And to some extent to be performed, but definitely more to be recorded than performed, because the recording will last longer than a performance.
Will Oldham

Write, Last, Song

I'd like my records to reach as many people as possible, but I'm also thinking in terms of how I can keep from getting jaded or unhappy with the process.
Will Oldham

Thinking, Keep, Getting

It is more rewarding to be complicit with scarcity than excess.
Will Oldham

Excess, Rewarding, Scarcity

It's nice to be able to backtrack and not be embarrassed by the music you used to listen to.
Will Oldham

Music, Nice, Able

It's O.K. to accept good fortune.
Will Oldham

Good, Accept, Fortune

People are looking for fame or a focus, and I can't provide that.
Will Oldham

Focus, Looking, Fame

Sometimes we need to tell ourselves that we're not going to do certain things, just in order to stay sane.
Will Oldham

Sometimes, Tell, Ourselves

There's very little admirable about being a pirate. There's very little functional about a pirate. There's very little real about a pirate.
Will Oldham

Real, Pirate, Admirable

Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk.
Will Oldham

Music, Try, Put

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Nationality: American

Born: December 24, 1970

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