When I am recording on my own, it's like an oil painting: I can put that on top of that and build up layers. But with the band, it turned out more watercolor: you're leaving white bits of paper exposed,… — Conor O'Brien Copy Share Image
I think for me, the only depressing music is music that doesn't give credence to those kinds of feelings, music that's just written for… — Conor O'Brien Copy Share Image
America's a funny place. Every time I've come over it just feels absolutely gigantic and massive. I've always had good shows there, but I just go and come back, feeling like another singer/songwriter in a sea of thousands of singer/songwriters. I don't really know what "breaking it in America" is or means. I just focus on touring day-by-day, and show-by-show,… — Conor O'Brien Copy Share
If you're writing a song about a relationship ending, what you're really doing is honoring how much that person meant to you. — Conor O'Brien Copy Share Image
It took a little time to get where I wanted. It took a little time to get free. It took a little time to… — Conor O'Brien Copy Share Image
I just think I'm a narcissist, really! I guess when I write albums, they take a huge amount of time out of my life… — Conor O'Brien Copy Share Image
When I am recording on my own, it's like an oil painting: I can put that on top of that and build up layers.… — Conor O'Brien Copy Share Image
There's no way anyone's going to understand my own personal experiences, where the songs came from, because they're mine. But I was very conscious… — Conor O'Brien Copy Share Image
I think the trick is that you have to change how you take stuff in. Maybe the early beginnings of a song come out… — Conor O'Brien Copy Share Image
