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 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
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
In the traditional urban novel, there is only survival or not. The suburban idea, the conformist idea, that agony can be seen to and cured by doctors or psychoanalysis or self-knowledge is nowhere to be found in the city. Talking is a way of life, but it is not a cure. Same with religion. – Jane Smiley