I enjoy recording and performing, but it's the songwriting that I love most. — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Love's an excuse to get hurt and to hurt. Do you like to hurt? I do, I do then hurt me. — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I like the Alice in Wonderland sculpture in Central Park. I love how it's been rained on forever and looks worn down… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers And laid entwined together in a bed of clover Left there to sleep… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's a real… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and left there… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
The idea of forever is kind of ridiculous, which is unfortunate because its kind of a nice thing to say, you know.… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
we made love on the living room floor with the noise in the background of a televised war and in that defeaning… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
When you're 16 or 17, I think like most people that age, the first time you experience certain things in life, whether… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Every time I finish a song... most of the time it's in my own head, like this sounds too much like a Townes Van… — Conor Oberst Copy Share
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… — Conor Oberst Copy Share
I've given up trying to understand what people think about me. It seems like a lot of people don't like the music we make… — Conor Oberst Copy Share
You can't manufacture inspiration, so a lot of it is still a waiting game for me. There's still a lot of mystery to songwriting.… — Conor Oberst Copy Share
In a way, to have whatever people talk about as "crossover success," I think it means you start making bad music. I mean, when… — Conor Oberst Copy Share
Men with purple hearts carry silver guns and they will kill a man for what his father has done. But what my father did,… — Conor Oberst Copy Share
There's a major underlying idea as you grow up that you need to just save your money and get that affordable housing at the… — Conor Oberst Copy Share
I've been part of running a label since I was a kid, so I understand how it works. But the more and more I… — Conor Oberst Copy Share
I'm ripe for the picking for the Scientologists - one of those creeps. Someone's got to find me. Some little weird cult can just… — Conor Oberst Copy Share
When I run into a person or a kid that comes up and gives me the spiel about, 'Hey, I got your record at… — Conor Oberst Copy Share
My dad, who plays guitar and piano and was in cover bands, along with my older brother, Matt, taught me guitar and stuff. I… — Conor Oberst Copy Share
I think there's a weird self-affirmation thing that happens in popular music in general. It seems like every song I hear on the radio… — Conor Oberst Copy Share
