I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
My family is Catholic. I went to a Catholic school, that kind of thing, so that was my childhood for sure. — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I would prefer to be a little nervous, because when you stop being nervous is kind of when you stop caring. — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
It seems like everything I do musically I tend to lose a few fans and gain a few fans, and it all… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I need some meaning I can memorize. The kind I have always seems to slip my mind. — 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
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've always been slightly preoccupied with death or whatever those kind of silly big questions people will tell you to not spend… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I'm always fascinated when people really fervently believe, because I have such a hard time believing anything. When people have real faith… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
When people have real faith in something, it's fascinating to me. And the fact that so many people, in surveys, so many… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I'm a real music fan, so I listen to all kinds of music all the time. I listen to a lot of… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
On every Bright Eyes record, there's some kind of sound collage that begins it. Some of them have dialogue, some don't. I… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Rastafarianism and reggae music have always kind of resonated with me. Those ideas of redemption, liberation and overcoming oppression through music, weed… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
You can only really understand good if you have bad, so the idea of heaven or anything that happens for eternity, even… — 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… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I've never conceptualized much of what I write about. Maybe, once I'm onto something, I'll conceptualize a finished record. I want the… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I don't really premeditate what I write my songs about; you know, they just kind of happen, and I can't start writing… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
It's glorious to be able to go onto the Internet and hear any kind of music anywhere, from anywhere, and get it… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I try to make all my songs good. I don't ever write one to finish one. A lot of protest songs end… — 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
