Sometimes we need to tell ourselves that we're not going to do certain things, just in order to stay sane.
From Will Oldham
I like rural areas.
I don't like going to cities. I don't mind maybe being in a city sometimes for a few hours, but I pretty much don't like cities. I don't even like passing through them.
I think everybody works from a defensive position, for the most part, in the film industry.
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.
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.
Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk.
People are looking for fame or a focus, and I can't provide that.
I make the songs and part of making them is singing them. But what you hear is not me. It's the song. It's through me.
Writing songs is a profession; so it's not an attempt to take things from my interactions with other people and for some reason give them to a total stranger to listen to. I find it offensive to hear other people do that.
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