We're going to sing about things that matter to us. The balancing act is to present these ideas but also make the… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
My Brother went to college To become a doctor And if he studies hard enough He'll end up just like papa, who… — 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
If there's ever a kid out there that can't afford to buy the music, I still want them to hear it, and… — 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
And your eyes must do some raining if you're ever gonna grow / When crying don't help, you can't compose yourself /… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
i keep drinking the ink from my pen and i'm balancing history books up on my head but it all boils down… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
If I could act like This was my real life, And not some cage where I've been placed, Well then, I could… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I started to sink like the moon tends to do if you stare at it too long Then you blink and it's… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
And in the morning when the sun rise. Look in the water, see the blue sky. As if heaven has been laid… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
