--- title: "20 Kind Quotes By Conor Oberst" description: "20 Kind quotes by Conor Oberst. Plus more from Conor Oberst and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/conor-oberst-1535_kind_i-m-kind-of-like-never-say-never-3028070_3028070.png" --- > [I'm kind of like, "never say never."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-m-kind-of-like-never-say-never/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/conor-oberst-1535_kind_i-m-kind-of-like-never-say-never-3028070_3028070.png) > [I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-kind-of-go-in-waves-with-reading-sometimes-i-read-all-the-time-and/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/conor-oberst-1535_books_i-kind-of-go-in-waves-with-reading-somet_3195953.png) > [My family is Catholic. I went to a Catholic school, that kind of thing, so that was my childhood for sure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/my-family-is-catholic-i-went-to-a-catholic-school-that-kind-of-thing/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/conor-oberst-1535_catholic_my-family-is-catholic-i-went-to-a-cathol_957578.png) > [I would prefer to be a little nervous, because when you stop being nervous is kind of when you stop caring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-would-prefer-to-be-a-little-nervous-because-when-you-stop-being/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/conor-oberst-1535_because_i-would-prefer-to-be-a-little-nervous-be_3082667.png) > [It seems like everything I do musically I tend to lose a few fans and gain a few fans, and it all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/it-seems-like-everything-i-do-musically-i-tend-to-lose-a-few-fans-and/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b9/conor-oberst-1535_all-kinds_it-seems-like-everything-i-do-musically_740114.png) > [I need some meaning I can memorize. The kind I have always seems to slip my mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-need-some-meaning-i-can-memorize-the-kind-i-have-always-seems-to/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/conor-oberst-1535_anti-love_i-need-some-meaning-i-can-memorize-the-k_700765.png) > [The idea of forever is kind of ridiculous, which is unfortunate because its kind of a nice thing to say, you know.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/the-idea-of-forever-is-kind-of-ridiculous-which-is-unfortunate/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fec/conor-oberst-1535_blow_the-idea-of-forever-is-kind-of-ridiculou_1411726.png) > [I don't feel real confident expressing myself except when I'm writing. I feel kind of scatterbrained. I can see everything from both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-don-t-feel-real-confident-expressing-myself-except-when-i-m-writing/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/conor-oberst-1535_both-sides_i-don-t-feel-real-confident-expressing-m_2028581.png) > [I've always been slightly preoccupied with death or whatever those kind of silly big questions people will tell you to not spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-ve-always-been-slightly-preoccupied-with-death-or-whatever-those/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e9/conor-oberst-1535_about_i-ve-always-been-slightly-preoccupied-wi_2940432.png) > [I'm always fascinated when people really fervently believe, because I have such a hard time believing anything. When people have real faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-m-always-fascinated-when-people-really-fervently-believe-because-i/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/conor-oberst-1535_believe_i-m-always-fascinated-when-people-really_2316392.png) > [When people have real faith in something, it's fascinating to me. And the fact that so many people, in surveys, so many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/when-people-have-real-faith-in-something-it-s-fascinating-to-me-and/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a82/conor-oberst-1535_blow_when-people-have-real-faith-in-something_2051218.png) > [I'm a real music fan, so I listen to all kinds of music all the time. I listen to a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-m-a-real-music-fan-so-i-listen-to-all-kinds-of-music-all-the-time-i/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb5/conor-oberst-1535_all-kinds_i-m-a-real-music-fan-so-i-listen-to-all_1857358.jpg) > [On every Bright Eyes record, there's some kind of sound collage that begins it. Some of them have dialogue, some don't. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/on-every-bright-eyes-record-there-s-some-kind-of-sound-collage-that/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b5/conor-oberst-1535_attention_on-every-bright-eyes-record-there-s-some_2890723.png) > [Rastafarianism and reggae music have always kind of resonated with me. Those ideas of redemption, liberation and overcoming oppression through music, weed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/rastafarianism-and-reggae-music-have-always-kind-of-resonated-with-me/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b6/conor-oberst-1535_community_rastafarianism-and-reggae-music-have-alw_2514075.png) > [You can only really understand good if you have bad, so the idea of heaven or anything that happens for eternity, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/you-can-only-really-understand-good-if-you-have-bad-so-the-idea-of/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ac/conor-oberst-1535_bad_you-can-only-really-understand-good-if-y_883655.png) > [Every time I finish a song... most of the time it's in my own head, like this sounds too much like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/every-time-i-finish-a-song-most-of-the-time-it-s-in-my-own-head-like/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5c/conor-oberst-1535_chords_every-time-i-finish-a-song-most-of-the-t_730.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-ve-never-conceptualized-much-of-what-i-write-about-maybe-once-i-m/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/673/conor-oberst-1535_armchairs_i-ve-never-conceptualized-much-of-what-i_2162783.png) > [I don't really premeditate what I write my songs about; you know, they just kind of happen, and I can't start writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-don-t-really-premeditate-what-i-write-my-songs-about-you-know-they/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/conor-oberst-1535_about_i-don-t-really-premeditate-what-i-write_755871.png) > [It's glorious to be able to go onto the Internet and hear any kind of music anywhere, from anywhere, and get it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/it-s-glorious-to-be-able-to-go-onto-the-internet-and-hear-any-kind-of/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/conor-oberst-1535_able_it-s-glorious-to-be-able-to-go-onto-the_1485820.png) > [I try to make all my songs good. I don't ever write one to finish one. A lot of protest songs end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-try-to-make-all-my-songs-good-i-don-t-ever-write-one-to-finish-one/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccf/conor-oberst-1535_driven_i-try-to-make-all-my-songs-good-i-don-t_2529409.png) ## Other authors on Kind ## More by Conor Oberst > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/every-time-i-finish-a-song-most-of-the-time-it-s-in-my-own-head-like/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/because-the-truth-is-that-gossip-is-as-good-as-gospel-in-this-town/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) > [There's nothing that the road cannot heal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/there-s-nothing-that-the-road-cannot-heal/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-ve-given-up-trying-to-understand-what-people-think-about-me-it/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/you-can-t-manufacture-inspiration-so-a-lot-of-it-is-still-a-waiting/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) > [Cause I swear that I'm dying, slowly but its happening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/cause-i-swear-that-i-m-dying-slowly-but-its-happening/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) > [In a way, to have whatever people talk about as "crossover success," I think it means you start making bad music. I mean, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/in-a-way-to-have-whatever-people-talk-about-as-crossover-success-i/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) > [Men with purple hearts carry silver guns and they will kill a man for what his father has done. But what my father did,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/men-with-purple-hearts-carry-silver-guns-and-they-will-kill-a-man-for/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/there-s-a-major-underlying-idea-as-you-grow-up-that-you-need-to-just/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) > [To finish a song is the best feeling in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/to-finish-a-song-is-the-best-feeling-in-the-world/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-ve-been-part-of-running-a-label-since-i-was-a-kid-so-i-understand/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-m-ripe-for-the-picking-for-the-scientologists-one-of-those-creeps/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) > [When I run into a person or a kid that comes up and gives me the spiel about, 'Hey, I got your record at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/when-i-run-into-a-person-or-a-kid-that-comes-up-and-gives-me-the/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) > [My dad, who plays guitar and piano and was in cover bands, along with my older brother, Matt, taught me guitar and stuff. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/my-dad-who-plays-guitar-and-piano-and-was-in-cover-bands-along-with/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-think-there-s-a-weird-self-affirmation-thing-that-happens-in/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/conor-oberst/#itemlist", "name": "20 Kind Quotes By Conor Oberst", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm kind of like, \"never say never.\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Conor Oberst" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-m-kind-of-like-never-say-never/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/conor-oberst-1535_kind_i-m-kind-of-like-never-say-never-3028070_3028070.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/conor-oberst-1535_kind_i-m-kind-of-like-never-say-never-3028070_3028070.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/conor-oberst-1535_kind_i-m-kind-of-like-never-say-never-3028070_3028070.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm kind of like, \"never say never.\"” — Conor Oberst", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I kind of go in waves with reading. 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