Conor Oberst

There's nothing that the road cannot heal

— Conor Oberst

When everything is lonely I can be my best friend.

— Conor Oberst

I always embrace the worst-case scenario.

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When I started writing songs, I was doing it for myself and a small circle of friends. And gradually, over the years,…

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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…

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Movement has been one of the few constants in my life, and I always feel a great sense of optimism when I…

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When you look at what people consider success in the music industry, it's just terrible music.

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The best feeling I ever get is when I finish a song, and it exists, and it didn't exist before, and now…

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Hip-hop music has done a very good job of maintaining the political context, where they stand and not giving a sh-t what…

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Rock and roll seems to have had a mellowing in the business where it got harder to sell individual records and make…

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I keep my eyes closed a lot when I'm singing because sometimes it's distracting to see people.

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My dad, who plays guitar and piano and was in cover bands, along with my older brother, Matt, taught me guitar and…

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We're all too busy working, entertaining ourselves With forty hours, television and prescription pills Well, I take two a day to help…

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We [Desaparecidos] have to make the message and the music and the packaging as appealing as possible - as Taco Bell as…

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I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health. I said, 'There's nothing that I can do for you that…

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It's dangerous to buy into praise and criticism for what you do when you're trying to present your music to people. I…

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I don't feel real confident expressing myself except when I'm writing. I feel kind of scatterbrained. I can see everything from both…

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The idea of forever is kind of ridiculous, which is unfortunate because its kind of a nice thing to say, you know.…

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And me I'm in my bedroom drawing in my notebook Because my hand thinks I'm an artist But my heart knows I'm…

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I'm not the most technically savvy person in the world. Like, I'm not good at troubleshooting when stuff happens to my digital…

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And in the morning when the sun rise. Look in the water, see the blue sky. As if heaven has been laid…

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Everything must belong somewhere. I know that now, that's why I'm staying here.

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Some days I feel like I'm an atheist. Most days, I feel like an agnostic. On a very rare day, I feel…

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I like the Alice in Wonderland sculpture in Central Park. I love how it's been rained on forever and looks worn down…

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We've all seen the power music has to spread messages of solidarity and hope.

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I think it is more like a ghost that has been following us both. Something vague that we're not seeing, something more…

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When you write a song, the goal is not to convey the details of your life. You should write a memoir or…

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I love story songs. It's just, for me, they're harder to write, and sometimes they sound too intended or something.

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They say it's better to bury your sadness in a graveyard or garden that waits for the spring to wake from its…

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It seems like everything I do musically I tend to lose a few fans and gain a few fans, and it all…

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If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we'd see the beauty then and…

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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.

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If you think about the concept of reincarnation, it's essentially uploading yourself and your spirit into a new form, a new hard…

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And the sad act like lepers They stick to the shadows They long to ring bells of warning To tell of their…

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Desaparecidos try to be the opposite of apathetic. There are so many young people in America that are apathetic.

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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…

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Each Desaparecidos's song has a seed that it came from. We're trying to take that and broaden it out and make it…

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Sometimes I daydream about having a farm and a wife and some babies and watching the grass grow, but you have to…

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It's exploding bags, aerosol cans Southbound buses, Peter Pan They left it up to us again I thought you knew the drill…

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I'd rather be working for a paycheck, than waiting to win the lottery. Besides, maybe this time it's different, I mean, I…

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