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Conor Oberst quotes: We might die from medication but we sure killed all the pain We might die from medication but we sure killed all the pain
Conor Oberst quotes: So much of listening to lyrically driven music is projecting your own feelings and experiences into the music. So much of listening to lyrically driven music is projecting your own feelings and experiences into the music.
Conor Oberst quotes: There's nothing that the road cannot heal There's nothing that the road cannot heal
Conor Oberst quotes: The drunk kids, the catholics They're all about the same They're waiting for something Hoping to be saved The drunk kids, the catholics They're all about the same They're waiting for something Hoping to be saved
Conor Oberst quotes: I started to sink like the moon tends to do if you stare at it too long Then you blink and it's gone I started to sink like the moon tends to do if you stare at it too long Then you blink and it's gone
Conor Oberst quotes: I didn't used to think about politics much, or social issues. I was a teenager, writing about girls. I didn't used to think about politics much, or social issues. I was a teenager, writing about girls.
Conor Oberst quotes: When everything is lonely I can be my best friend. When everything is lonely I can be my best friend.
Conor Oberst quotes: I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's a real thing. I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's a real thing.
Conor Oberst quotes: I drink to stay warm, and to kill selected memories I drink to stay warm, and to kill selected memories
Conor Oberst quotes: The only thing major labels can really offer is money. The only thing major labels can really offer is money.
Conor Oberst quotes: I like ideas, but I don't like being preached to. I like ideas, but I don't like being preached to.
Conor Oberst quotes: It's exploding bags, aerosol cans Southbound buses, Peter Pan They left it up to us again I thought you knew the drill It's kill or be killed. It's exploding bags, aerosol cans Southbound buses, Peter Pan They left it up to us again I thought you knew the drill It's kill or be killed.
Conor Oberst quotes: Considering our history, I can think of nothing more American than an immigrant. Considering our history, I can think of nothing more American than an immigrant.
Conor Oberst quotes: The sound of loneliness makes me happier. The sound of loneliness makes me happier.
Conor Oberst quotes: I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone. I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone.
Conor Oberst quotes: When you look at what people consider success in the music industry, it's just terrible music. When you look at what people consider success in the music industry, it's just terrible music.
Conor Oberst quotes: And I sing and sing of awful things The pleasure that my sadness brings. And I sing and sing of awful things The pleasure that my sadness brings.
Conor Oberst quotes: Pronouns really don't matter in a song - 'I' or 'he' or 'she' or even subscribing a lyric to an inanimate object. Pronouns really don't matter in a song - 'I' or 'he' or 'she' or even subscribing a lyric to an inanimate object.
Conor Oberst quotes: I think it is more like a ghost that has been following us both. Something vague that we're not seeing, something more like a feeling. I think it is more like a ghost that has been following us both. Something vague that we're not seeing, something more like a feeling.
Conor Oberst quotes: If you think about the concept of reincarnation, it's essentially uploading yourself and your spirit into a new form, a new hard drive as it were. If you think about the concept of reincarnation, it's essentially uploading yourself and your spirit into a new form, a new hard drive as it were.
Conor Oberst quotes: I was raised Catholic, and I have an aversion to anyone who takes religion to the extreme. I was raised Catholic, and I have an aversion to anyone who takes religion to the extreme.
Conor Oberst quotes: I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus. I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus.
Conor Oberst quotes: I have a car in Nebraska. When I bought it, they gave me a satellite radio, and there's an 'indie-rock' station. It's just nothing I'm interested in. I have a car in Nebraska. When I bought it, they gave me a satellite radio, and there's an 'indie-rock' station. It's just nothing I'm interested in.
Conor Oberst quotes: We must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul. We must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul.
Conor Oberst quotes: The Bible's blind, the Torah's deaf, the Qur'an is mute; if you burned them all together you'd get close to the truth. The Bible's blind, the Torah's deaf, the Qur'an is mute; if you burned them all together you'd get close to the truth.
Conor Oberst quotes: I do think that music has a special ability to get behind enemy lines and win hearts and minds. I do think that music has a special ability to get behind enemy lines and win hearts and minds.
Conor Oberst quotes: My Brother went to college To become a doctor And if he studies hard enough He'll end up just like papa, who hates his life. My Brother went to college To become a doctor And if he studies hard enough He'll end up just like papa, who hates his life.
Conor Oberst quotes: Love's an excuse to get hurt and to hurt. Do you like to hurt? I do, I do then hurt me. Love's an excuse to get hurt and to hurt. Do you like to hurt? I do, I do then hurt me.
Conor Oberst quotes: There's a lot of optimism in changing scenery, in seeing what's down the road. There's a lot of optimism in changing scenery, in seeing what's down the road.
Conor Oberst quotes: I think our music is more about seeing ourselves in each other and trying to find a more humanistic viewpoint for the world. I think our music is more about seeing ourselves in each other and trying to find a more humanistic viewpoint for the world.
Conor Oberst quotes: Let the poets cry themselves to sleep, and all their tearful words will turn back into steam. Let the poets cry themselves to sleep, and all their tearful words will turn back into steam.
Conor Oberst quotes: I think there's a danger, for me at least, in retreating and going inward and depression. I have to stay diligent against that tendency. I think there's a danger, for me at least, in retreating and going inward and depression. I have to stay diligent against that tendency.
Conor Oberst quotes: When I would first come to New York on tour, I hated the place. When I would first come to New York on tour, I hated the place.
Conor Oberst quotes: I think different musical collaborators bring out different qualities in my songs and I like that. I think different musical collaborators bring out different qualities in my songs and I like that.
Conor Oberst quotes: I think there's so much about Rasta culture that's interesting. Just the idea of preaching one-ness, that we're all in this together. I think there's so much about Rasta culture that's interesting. Just the idea of preaching one-ness, that we're all in this together.
Conor Oberst quotes: Because the truth is that gossip is as good as gospel in this town. You can save face but you won't ever save your soul. And that's a fact. Because the truth is that gossip is as good as gospel in this town. You can save face but you won't ever save your soul. And that's a fact.
Conor Oberst quotes: I went right from wunderkind to washed up. Old. Been around too long. That's just the way I feel. That's my internal dialogue. I went right from wunderkind to washed up. Old. Been around too long. That's just the way I feel. That's my internal dialogue.
Conor Oberst quotes: In a coma, you don't dream, you just hope that someone sits with you. In a coma, you don't dream, you just hope that someone sits with you.
Conor Oberst quotes: When you write a song, the goal is not to convey the details of your life. You should write a memoir or something if that's what you're going to do. When you write a song, the goal is not to convey the details of your life. You should write a memoir or something if that's what you're going to do.
Conor Oberst quotes: You mean nothing to no one but that's nobody's fault. You mean nothing to no one but that's nobody's fault.
Conor Oberst quotes: I'm proud that with 'Bright Eyes' we've always experimented and tried to make a different record every time out. I'm proud that with 'Bright Eyes' we've always experimented and tried to make a different record every time out.
Conor Oberst quotes: I always embrace the worst-case scenario. I always embrace the worst-case scenario.
Conor Oberst quotes: I really just want to be warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love. I really just want to be warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love.
Conor Oberst quotes: The way my life's structured, I don't stay in a place for more than a couple months. The way my life's structured, I don't stay in a place for more than a couple months.
Conor Oberst quotes: We [ the Desaparecidos ] are perfectly prepared for people to hate what we're saying or not like what we're saying. We [ the Desaparecidos ] are perfectly prepared for people to hate what we're saying or not like what we're saying.
Conor Oberst quotes: I keep my eyes closed a lot when I'm singing because sometimes it's distracting to see people. I keep my eyes closed a lot when I'm singing because sometimes it's distracting to see people.
Conor Oberst quotes: For a sunrise or a sunset, you're manic or you're depressed. Will you ever feel ok? For a sunrise or a sunset, you're manic or you're depressed. Will you ever feel ok?
Conor Oberst quotes: There's all body types, but there's just one size. There's all body types, but there's just one size.
Conor Oberst quotes: And in the morning when the sun rise. Look in the water, see the blue sky. As if heaven has been laid there at our feet. And in the morning when the sun rise. Look in the water, see the blue sky. As if heaven has been laid there at our feet.
Conor Oberst quotes: We [ Desaparecidos] try to be the opposite of apathetic. There are so many young people in America that are apathetic. We [ Desaparecidos] try to be the opposite of apathetic. There are so many young people in America that are apathetic.
Conor Oberst quotes: The worst thing you can do as an artist is to repeat yourself. The worst thing you can do as an artist is to repeat yourself.
Conor Oberst quotes: There is no Hell when you die so don't look so worried There is no Hell when you die so don't look so worried
Conor Oberst quotes: Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it. Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.
Conor Oberst quotes: I find that moving keeps me optimistic, the idea of what's going to be down the road a bit or around the next bend. I find that moving keeps me optimistic, the idea of what's going to be down the road a bit or around the next bend.
Conor Oberst quotes: When I started writing songs, I was doing it for myself and a small circle of friends. And gradually, over the years, an audience became involved. When I started writing songs, I was doing it for myself and a small circle of friends. And gradually, over the years, an audience became involved.
Conor Oberst quotes: You can do a lot to shape the feeling of a song by the way you record it. You can do a lot to shape the feeling of a song by the way you record it.
Conor Oberst quotes: And me I'm in the bathroom crying out my eyelids because it's hard to be a man when you're scared, just like a little kid. And me I'm in the bathroom crying out my eyelids because it's hard to be a man when you're scared, just like a little kid.
Conor Oberst quotes: One by one I drowned all the people I'd been. One by one I drowned all the people I'd been.
Conor Oberst quotes: Screaming is bad for the voice, but it's good for the heart. Screaming is bad for the voice, but it's good for the heart.
Conor Oberst quotes: I'd rather be working for a paycheck, than waiting to win the lottery. Besides, maybe this time it's different, I mean, I really think you like me. I'd rather be working for a paycheck, than waiting to win the lottery. Besides, maybe this time it's different, I mean, I really think you like me.
Conor Oberst quotes: I've cried, and you'd think I'd be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps, and it stays in my spine the rest of my life. I've cried, and you'd think I'd be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps, and it stays in my spine the rest of my life.
Conor Oberst quotes: I'm very interested in writing - it just takes so much discipline, whether it's short stories or novels. I'm very interested in writing - it just takes so much discipline, whether it's short stories or novels.
Conor Oberst quotes: I swear that I'm dying slowly but it's happening, and if the perfect spring is waiting somewhere ... just take me there. I swear that I'm dying slowly but it's happening, and if the perfect spring is waiting somewhere ... just take me there.
Conor Oberst quotes: My main thing is just to keep writing. I've been doing some songwriting that's for my own record, I suppose. My main thing is just to keep writing. I've been doing some songwriting that's for my own record, I suppose.
Conor Oberst quotes: It seems like everything I do musically I tend to lose a few fans and gain a few fans, and it all kind of evens out. It seems like everything I do musically I tend to lose a few fans and gain a few fans, and it all kind of evens out.
Conor Oberst quotes: So when your new eyes meet mine they won't see no lies, just love ... So when your new eyes meet mine they won't see no lies, just love ...
Conor Oberst quotes: If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we'd see the beauty then and stand staring in awe. If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we'd see the beauty then and stand staring in awe.
Conor Oberst quotes: Rock and roll seems to have had a mellowing in the business where it got harder to sell individual records and make money doing that. Rock and roll seems to have had a mellowing in the business where it got harder to sell individual records and make money doing that.
Conor Oberst quotes: If I loved you, well that's my fault If I loved you, well that's my fault
Conor Oberst quotes: To finish a song is the best feeling in the world. To finish a song is the best feeling in the world.
Conor Oberst quotes: I believe that vinyl will outlast CDs. I believe that vinyl will outlast CDs.
Conor Oberst quotes: It's hard to get people to focus on one idea. It's hard to get people to focus on one idea.
Conor Oberst quotes: Movement has been one of the few constants in my life, and I always feel a great sense of optimism when I set off to a new place. Movement has been one of the few constants in my life, and I always feel a great sense of optimism when I set off to a new place.
Conor Oberst quotes: My head's a carousel of pictures and The spinning never stops. My head's a carousel of pictures and The spinning never stops.
Conor Oberst quotes: Hip-hop music has done a very good job of maintaining the political context, where they stand and not giving a sh-t what people think. Hip-hop music has done a very good job of maintaining the political context, where they stand and not giving a sh-t what people think.
Conor Oberst quotes: Love's an excuse to get hurt. Love's an excuse to get hurt.
Conor Oberst quotes: I would prefer to be a little nervous, because when you stop being nervous is kind of when you stop caring. I would prefer to be a little nervous, because when you stop being nervous is kind of when you stop caring.
Conor Oberst quotes: It's human nature to wonder. It's human nature to wonder.
Conor Oberst quotes: Cause I swear that I'm dying, slowly but its happening. Cause I swear that I'm dying, slowly but its happening.
Conor Oberst quotes: I'm happy just because I found out I am really no one I'm happy just because I found out I am really no one
Conor Oberst quotes: Why are you scared to dream of god when it's salvation that you want? Why are you scared to dream of god when it's salvation that you want?
Conor Oberst quotes: I have a terrible memory in general, but one thing I've always been able to remember is my songs. I have a terrible memory in general, but one thing I've always been able to remember is my songs.
Conor Oberst quotes: If there's a song that stops meaning anything to me, then I'll quit playing it. If there's a song that stops meaning anything to me, then I'll quit playing it.
Conor Oberst quotes: A boycott is, inherently, a blunt instrument. It is an imperfect weapon, a carpet bomb, when all involved would prefer a surgical strike. A boycott is, inherently, a blunt instrument. It is an imperfect weapon, a carpet bomb, when all involved would prefer a surgical strike.
Conor Oberst quotes: The world's become a little too mean. The world's become a little too mean.
Conor Oberst quotes: I need some meaning I can memorize. The kind I have always seems to slip my mind. I need some meaning I can memorize. The kind I have always seems to slip my mind.
Conor Oberst quotes: Life is always surprising to me. When you think it's going to get dull, it never really does. Life is always surprising to me. When you think it's going to get dull, it never really does.
Conor Oberst quotes: My family is Catholic. I went to a Catholic school, that kind of thing, so that was my childhood for sure. My family is Catholic. I went to a Catholic school, that kind of thing, so that was my childhood for sure.
Conor Oberst quotes: One of my favorite modern American authors is Denis Johnson. I'm deeply inspired by all of his work - I rip him off constantly. One of my favorite modern American authors is Denis Johnson. I'm deeply inspired by all of his work - I rip him off constantly.
Conor Oberst quotes: If you love something, give it away. If you love something, give it away.
Conor Oberst quotes: We've all seen the power music has to spread messages of solidarity and hope. We've all seen the power music has to spread messages of solidarity and hope.
Conor Oberst quotes: I'm not the most technically savvy person in the world. Like, I'm not good at troubleshooting when stuff happens to my digital music. I'm not the most technically savvy person in the world. Like, I'm not good at troubleshooting when stuff happens to my digital music.
Conor Oberst quotes: I wanna be your happiness. I wanna be your common sense pain. I wanna be your happiness. I wanna be your common sense pain.
Conor Oberst quotes: Each song [Desaparecidos] has a seed that it came from. We're trying to take that and broaden it out and make it resonate with people. Each song [Desaparecidos] has a seed that it came from. We're trying to take that and broaden it out and make it resonate with people.
Conor Oberst quotes: You should never be embarrassed by your trouble with living, because it's the ones with the sorest throats who have done the most singing. You should never be embarrassed by your trouble with living, because it's the ones with the sorest throats who have done the most singing.
Conor Oberst quotes: It's not a movie, no private screening This method acting, well, I call that living It's not a movie, no private screening This method acting, well, I call that living
Conor Oberst quotes: No lies, just love. No lies, just love.
Conor Oberst quotes: Everything must belong somewhere. I know that now, that's why I'm staying here. Everything must belong somewhere. I know that now, that's why I'm staying here.
Conor Oberst quotes: I like the Alice in Wonderland sculpture in Central Park. I love how it's been rained on forever and looks worn down by time. I like the Alice in Wonderland sculpture in Central Park. I love how it's been rained on forever and looks worn down by time.
Conor Oberst quotes: I enjoy recording and performing, but it's the songwriting that I love most. I enjoy recording and performing, but it's the songwriting that I love most.

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