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> [At the same time, you don't want to be blindsided at some point because you've taken too much comfort from knowing nothing. So you try to keep a little store of practical knowledge. At a certain point you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-oldham/at-the-same-time-you-don-t-want-to-be-blindsided-at-some-point/)

[Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-oldham/)

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## More by Will Oldham

> [As far as implying that we know what we're doing, that we have perspective enough - by diving fully into something it requires a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-oldham/as-far-as-implying-that-we-know-what-we-re-doing-that-we-have/)

[Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-oldham/)

> [It's O.K. to accept good fortune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-oldham/it-s-o-k-to-accept-good-fortune/)

[Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-oldham/)

> [I like rural areas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-oldham/i-like-rural-areas/)

[Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-oldham/)

> [The songs are not meant to be real life. They're meant to have a psychic - rather than a factual - bearing on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-oldham/the-songs-are-not-meant-to-be-real-life-they-re-meant-to-have-a/)

[Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-oldham/)

> [I do an opening in 'The Glory of the World' play at BAM, and then I go up to the high balcony in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-oldham/i-do-an-opening-in-the-glory-of-the-world-play-at-bam-and-then-i-go/)

[Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-oldham/)

> [One thing that the Internet has created is the sense that information is at your fingertips, when it's really only a very, very limited,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-oldham/one-thing-that-the-internet-has-created-is-the-sense-that-information/)

[Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-oldham/as-a-kid-you-learn-that-there-are-thinkers-and-there-are-philosophers/)

[Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-oldham/i-valued-the-experience-of-making-the-recordings-and-i-value-the/)

[Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-oldham/)

> [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?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-oldham/sometimes-it-will-be-for-more-money-than-i-ve-ever-been-offered/)

[Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-oldham/i-think-most-great-actors-have-their-own-life-trajectory-the/)

[Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-oldham/)

> [To me, recordings are little fourth-dimension artifacts, because they already are representatives of past, present, and future, just inherently in their existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-oldham/to-me-recordings-are-little-fourth-dimension-artifacts-because-they/)

[Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-oldham/)

> [Venues are all the same, all feel the same, these generic blank spaces. I like artists like Lightning Bolt-bands that go in and kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-oldham/venues-are-all-the-same-all-feel-the-same-these-generic-blank-spaces/)

[Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-oldham/too-much-emphasis-is-put-on-american-roots-music-when-people-try-and/)

[Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-oldham/my-booking-agent-of-course-here-and-overseas-their-tendency-is-to/)

[Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-oldham/i-think-that-what-trips-up-a-lot-of-great-musicians-is-that-they/)

[Will Oldham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-oldham/)

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