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I figure it's okay to make certain rules, whether or not people despise you for it at the time.
Will Oldham
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Will Oldham
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: December 24
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Louisville
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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.
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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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It's good when someone says, Would you write a song for this purpose, or would you record a song for this purpose, or would you help me realize this song, again, for this purpose.
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I don't like the idea of being surrounded by hidden things people you can't see in buildings and cars.
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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.
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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.
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