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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

“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.”

Thinking I Can Kids Turns Adults Temper Fierce Unforgiving

Author:Will Oldham

“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

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

Thinking Real Pirate

Author:Will Oldham

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

Thinking Film Position Industry Film Industry

Author:Will Oldham

“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.”

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Book:Will Oldham on Bonnie

Source: Will Oldham on Bonnie

“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.”

Thinking America Lines Accepting Poverty Allowing Engaging Paychecks Piracy

Author:Will Oldham

“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.”

Thinking Lying Involved Musician Great Music Great Musician

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“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.”

People Thinking I Can Process Term Records Unhappy Jaded

Author:Will Oldham

“On days where I feel the karma is in balance I'm not afraid of death. And when I feel it's weighing heavily on the negative side, then I get very scared and just think about eternal damnation and how unpleasant that would be.”

Thinking Feels Would Be Sides Balance Eternal Negative Scared Karma Not Afraid Damnation Weighing Afraid Of Death Not Afraid Of Death

Author:Will Oldham

“With women, you always have to make an educated decision to figure out what they're thinking. It's not one that's necessarily sympathetic, always. Of course, we're all human beings, but the gender thing is big thing. And a great thing.”

Thinking Humans Bigs Courses Human Beings Decision Figures Gender Great Things Educated Big Things Sympathetic

Author:Will Oldham

“I think most great actors have their own life trajectory, the character motion doesn't have anything to do with their life motion.”

Thinking Character Actors Great Actors Trajectory

Author:Will Oldham

“I valued the experience of making the recordings, and I value the performances contained therein, and I value so much of what they can represent. I also think they're a terrific listening experience. Putting them out this way was a way of trying to maintain and nurture the relationship with the audience and also shine a light on the recent past, because we are so apt to be forgetful as human beings that there was such a thing as a recent past. These are some of the reasons for making this record.”

Thinking Way Trying Humans Reason Light Past Values Human Beings Audience Records Listening Performances Shining Nurture Terrific Forgetful Recent Past

Author:Will Oldham

“As a kid you learn that there are thinkers and there are philosophers and there are theologian, and I'd hear little bits of the ideas that these people pursued or developed or created and I'd be really excited. Then I'll start to read it and I think, "Wait a minute, this is a rabbit hole. This isn't a gateway or a ticket to anything except itself."”

People Thinking Littles Ideas Kids Bits Waiting Minutes Little Bit Philosopher Excited Holes Thinker Tickets Theologian Rabbits Pursued Gateways Rabbit Holes

Author:Will Oldham

“I was worried before I saw the play 'The Seven Storey Mountain', thinking I don't really want to see a play about Thomas Merton. He probably wouldn't have either, ideally. Then it isn't. It's more about us and it's about our relationship to what he may or may not have thought about. It's its own thing completely.”

Thinking Want May Play Saws Worried Our Relationship

Author:Will Oldham

“Sometimes the ensemble 'Eighth Blackbird' will have performances and invite me to be a featured soloist. I think that is what they call it in that world-"featured soloist."”

Thinking World Sometimes Performances Invites

Author:Will Oldham

“My booking agent, of course, here and overseas, their tendency is to want to build on a certain kind of measurable success, and I was thinking yesterday, what I'd like to do is maybe start to compile a list of the best 200 to 500 capacity rooms around the world and just start going to them again and again and again.”

Thinking World Want Kind Certain Courses Rooms Capacity Lists Yesterday Tendencies Agents Around The World Again And Again

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“You make the world - with enough strength and enough luck you make the world that you live in. If you accept that there's participation to be done and an existence to be had - I tend to think there is only one way I want to go through this existence and that's with my eyes open and my chest out.”

Thinking World Done Enough Eye Existence Accepting Luck Participation

Author:Will Oldham

“I am thrilled at most corners that I turn walking down the street, I'm thrilled by most pages I turn when I'm reading a book thinking of what it's going to show and what it's going to make possible for tomorrow.”

Thinking Book Reading Tomorrow Walking

Author:Will Oldham

“I had a lot of time to myself, and I would listen to a lot of music, mostly music that I knew fairly well and had a relationship with. And I'd think, well, what is it that I've never been able to do that this person or people are able to do with this song? Why haven't I been able to do it, and what can they do that I wish I could do? And then I'd try to do that. I'd start each day getting into the songs, and I'd think about how I might get closer to this music that I love, but haven't been able to make before.”

People Thinking Writing Trying Wells Persons Might Able Song Wish Havens Each Day Songwriting

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

Will Oldham on BonnieRelated source material

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