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Singer-songwriter

Will Oldham, born on January 15, 1970, is a renowned singer-songwriter known for his unique musical style that blends folk, rock, and blues elements. His music has gained widespread acclaim and has had a significant impact on the independent music scene.

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Famous Will Oldham Quotes

“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.”

Thinking Knows Want Song Fans Fine Know Me Personal Relationships

Author:Will Oldham

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

People Knows Trying Too Much Listening Grew Grew Up Roots Punk Emphasis

Author:Will Oldham

“For a long time I've walked through this world with the desire, like in Rear Window, to look into other people's lives because I know that there is a way in which I am the same as so many of the strangers that I see.”

People Knows World Way Looks Long Desire This World Long Time Window Stranger Rear Window

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“If I give a little hint or clue as to where my voice could be going, that would [be] read. Because people can listen closely, you know, you can sit with headphones or you just concentrate on music, you can just hear, sometimes, the desires of the voice itself.”

People Ifs Knows Giving Littles Sometimes Would Be Desire Voice Clue Hints Headphones

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“To sing with other people and for other people, that's when you can really learn something about your voice. You can only learn so much if you create your own boundaries all the time. But then, other people can really teach you something. You know, if you're trying to sing with them, or if someone brings a style.”

People Ifs Knows Trying Voice Teach Style Boundaries

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“When you're listening to a recording, you're supposedly listening to some aspect of the past in the present as you travel slowly into the future, but you also know there's a very strong likelihood that the future of that recording, whether you made it or whether you're listening to a Led Zeppelin record, is going to continue probably far beyond where you are.”

Knows Made Past Strong Records Listening Aspect Made It Where You Are Very Strong Likelihood Zeppelins

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“When I listen to little fourth-dimension artifacts, they're like they were made as time capsules in the first place. You know that when you're writing the song and recording the song, you're already sending a message to the future listener, whoever and wherever and whenever that will be.”

Knows Writing Firsts Made Song Messages Listeners Time Capsules Sending A Message

Author:Will Oldham

“All you do is you go back to the Maida Vale Studios at BBC in London, and it feels like you're in a spaceship. It feels like you're in 2001 or something like that. It's massive and well constructed and highly technologically advanced and occupied by these wise scientists, engineers, and producers. Listening to it, it just doesn't sound like me - that's a younger self that didn't know who he was or what he was doing. I can't identify with a nebulous cloud.”

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Author:Will Oldham

About the Author

Born: January 15, 1970
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 93

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Songs of Love and Horror: Collected Lyrics of Will OldhamRelated source material

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