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. Thats fine, but they dont know me. – Will Oldham
What is normally called religion is what I would tend to call music – participating in music, listening to music, making records and singing. – Will Oldham
I have more respect for somebody who points at his ideal – in this case, the ideal of the pirate – and then becomes something thats more radical, more exciting, more subversive than a pirate could ever be. – Will Oldham
But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship. The New Testament, on the other hand, we look across at a Jesus who looks familiar, horizontal. The combination is what makes the Cross. – Bono