I write a song to be recorded. And to some extent to be performed, but definitely more to be recorded than performed, because the recording will last longer than a performance. — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
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. — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
As far as implying that we know what we're doing, that we have perspective enough - by diving fully into something it requires a… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
The songs are not meant to be real life. They're meant to have a psychic - rather than a factual - bearing on the… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
I do an opening in 'The Glory of the World' play at BAM, and then I go up to the high balcony in the… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
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,… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
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… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
I valued the experience of making the recordings, and I value the performances contained therein, and I value so much of what they can… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
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? — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
I think most great actors have their own life trajectory, the character motion doesn't have anything to do with their life motion. — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
To me, recordings are little fourth-dimension artifacts, because they already are representatives of past, present, and future, just inherently in their existence. — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
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… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk. — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
My booking agent, of course, here and overseas, their tendency is to want to build on a certain kind of measurable success, and I… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
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… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
