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I have a mantra that kind of explains my feelings on this subject, which is, The past is the present is the future. When you're recording something, you're making something that will exist in the future.

Will Oldham

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Will Oldham
Age: 53
Born: 1970
Born: December 24
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Sometimes it will be for more money than I've ever been offered before. I mean, am I an idiot again for not doing that?
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