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
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
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
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
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
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 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'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
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
I mean, you just go down the line, and with any of these issues, it's about rich people staying rich. And using… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I'll never understand how destroying families through deportation benefits our society. How we treat the undocumented says a great deal about us… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I try to keep the idea that there's an audience in as little space in my mind as possible, but you can't… — 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
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
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 try not to think about the idea of reaching more and more people, because once you get in that mindset, I… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I would say I'm a humanist. I like that. I mean, I don't claim to know anything, but I'm curious about it… — 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
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
