"I think for many songwriter/performers, you need to go off by yourself and write the songs to begin with, but then you need people to bring them to life. So you have to be comfortable with solitude and also with being very social."

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Source : "Will Oldham on Bonnie "Prince" Billy". Interview with Marc Masters, pitchfork.com. September 21, 2012.

Alan Licht

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I'm not into 'Let's go out with one guy on a Monday and another guy on a Wednesday' - that's just not me.”
“I am writing more than I have ever done. My life has come back to me in the most extraordinary way.”
“I'd always had an interest in guitar from about seven years old. But I first actually had lessons when I was about fifteen in Scotland, in Edinburgh. There was a folk club there and a girl called Jill Doyle taught me the guitar, who happened to be Davey Graham's sister. Davey Graham is one of my heroes and always has been. Fantastic guitar player. And he's had a strong influence on me all the way through.”
“I love the challenge of playing characters forced on life-changing emotional journeys. To work on a project with Billy Crudup and Sam Rockwell is just a dream come true.”
“Fear... the right and necessary counterweights to that courage which urges men skyward, and protects them from self-destruction”
“I donâ€™t care if half the league strikes. Those who do will encounter quick retribution. All will be suspended, and I donâ€™t care if it wrecks the league for 10 years. This is the United States of America, and one citizen has as much right to play as another.”
“Obey me as I obey God and His Messenger; if I disobey them, then you should disobey me.”
“I'm not the Carter who'll never tell a lie.”

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