I do think that music has a special ability to get behind enemy lines and win hearts and minds. — 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 need some meaning I can memorize. The kind I have always seems to slip my mind. — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I have on many occasions spoken my mind from stage. I have offered organizations table space by the merch booth. I have… — 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
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
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
