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
It's dangerous to buy into praise and criticism for what you do when you're trying to present your music to people. I… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Hip-hop music has done a very good job of maintaining the political context, where they stand and not giving a sh-t what… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I keep my eyes closed a lot when I'm singing because sometimes it's distracting to see people. — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I want to be enriched by the music I listen to. That's the reason it never really exists in the mainstream. Because… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
When you look at what people consider success in the music industry, it's just terrible music. — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Desaparecidos try to be the opposite of apathetic. There are so many young people in America that are apathetic. — 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 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
It's very strange when people get so focused on what a song means, what actual events inspired a song. That gets people… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Well morning came, and it dressed the sky in a lovely yellow gown. Shopping malls are opening in that narrow hallway of… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
My feeling is that I think writers in general tend to be self-conscious and it takes a bit of a leap of… — 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
In a way, to have whatever people talk about as "crossover success," I think it means you start making bad music. I… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Maybe there's a different story when it comes to hip-hop or different genres, but as far as rock music goes, I think… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I understand why people get desensitized and roll their eyes when they hear a protest song, or even a politician making some… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Each Desaparecidos's song has a seed that it came from. We're trying to take that and broaden it out and make it… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
There's a small amount of super-wealthy people that want to maintain their billions and billions of dollars. Those are the people who… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it. — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Music is unique because you can get behind enemy lines a little bit, get into people's houses and into their heads, on… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I believe that vinyl will outlast CDs. There's no reason for it, but it stays around because there are still people that… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I think that, with anything creative, you should have the freedom to experiment, and that experimentation means not feeling totally responsible for… — 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… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Art is basically communication, and I think everyone who's a music lover has had that experience where a record or a recording… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
To me, a political song is also a personal song. Most political activism has been driven by empathy for other people and… — 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'll write about myself, or people I know, or archetypal characters, but the goal is to get at some truth, not to… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I remember having to quit school and quit my job. I just sort of moved all my stuff into other people's places.… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
With science and reason throughout history, what people believed turned out to be false. So I like to keep an open mind… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
A lot of the mythology that sprung up around Haile Selassie, it's not like something he asked for, having people deify him.… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Since the songs were written over a five-year period, I think these are little snapshots. Some people call it political or topical,… — 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
We, the Desaparecidos, are perfectly prepared for people to hate what we're saying or not like what we're saying. — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
On good days, I can see the inherent goodness in people, and that human beings have a high capacity to learn and… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
People resist change; if they like something, then they want you to keep doing it over and over - but I think… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Much of appreciating art or music is really the interpretation of the listener. To a certain extent it's projection - it's what… — 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
