"Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk."

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Source : "Still voice, distant life" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. November 16, 2002.

Will Oldham

#Roots Quotes #People Quotes #Listening Quotes

“All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.”

Source : Seattle (Chief) (1976). “Chief Seattle's Testimony”
“In my first few years as an actor, I took one terrible TV job after another. But even as I laughed off my awful roles and made fun of myself to friends, my work made me cringe - I dreaded anyone's seeing it. I was crushed that I wasn't doing anything I was proud of.”
“In October 1917, we parted with the old world, rejecting it once and for all. We are moving toward a new world, a world of Communism. We shall never turn off that road.”
“To pursue a man effectively, it is best to begin with his thinking.”
“All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.”
“We need to realize that our path to transformation is through our mistakes. We're meant to make mistakes, recognize them, and move on to become unlimited.”

Source : "Hugging Our Inner Child, Not Our Chaos" by Yehuda Berg, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 19, 2011.
“Something goes wrong, I yell at them -'Fix it'- whether it's their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust.”
“From Japan to Thailand, I keep discovering amazing talent, cuisine and food markets.”

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