I went right from wunderkind to washed up. Old. Been around too long. That's just the way I feel. That's my internal… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Some days I feel like I'm an atheist. Most days, I feel like an agnostic. On a very rare day, I feel… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
For a sunrise or a sunset, you're manic or you're depressed. Will you ever feel ok? — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I don't feel real confident expressing myself except when I'm writing. I feel kind of scatterbrained. I can see everything from both… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I want to be the surgeon who cuts you open Who fixes all of life's mistakes I want to be the house… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Although Omaha is my birthplace and the place I grew up, I don't see myself spending extended amounts of time there. I… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Cause a costume can be comfortable It can make you feel more beautiful It can even make you look like someone else… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I don't see any harm in letting whatever comes out come out of you, even if it's sort of weird, or dark,… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
With science and reason throughout history, what people believed turned out to be false. So I like to keep an open mind… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of my all-time favorite writers. I feel spiritual when reading his words, even though they're translated. I… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I try not to think about the idea of reaching more and more people, because once you get in that mindset, I… — 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
