Men with purple hearts carry silver guns and they will kill a man for what his father has done. But what my… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
When I run into a person or a kid that comes up and gives me the spiel about, 'Hey, I got your… — 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
And I never thought this life was possible,You're the yellow bird that I've been waiting for. In polaroids you were dressed in… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Life is always surprising to me. When you think it's going to get dull, it never really does. — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
When you write a song, the goal is not to convey the details of your life. You should write a memoir or… — 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
You should never be embarrassed by your trouble with living, because it's the ones with the sorest throats who have done the… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
The one recurring theme in my writing, and in my life in general, is confusion. The fact that anytime you think you… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
When you're 16 or 17, I think like most people that age, the first time you experience certain things in life, whether… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I've cried, and you'd think I'd be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps, and it stays in my spine the… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I think that obviously the quest for purpose, or meaning, or understanding to existence is something that I always think about, always… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Movement has been one of the few constants in my life, and I always feel a great sense of optimism when I… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
When I try to explain to people the big influences in my life, or at least when I first started, the most… — 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
The way my life's structured, I don't stay in a place for more than a couple months. — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I definitely think religion is responsible for a lot of the evils of the world. I mean that's not really in debate.… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I used to work at a school as a teacher's assistant, and my mom is a principal at an elementary school. I… — 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
I find that life is easier when it is just a blur With no details to confuse who or what or where… — 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
