It's always the negative things that seep through into your consciousness. Most of the positive things just roll off real fast. I… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's a real… — 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
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 don't feel real confident expressing myself except when I'm writing. I feel kind of scatterbrained. I can see everything from both… — 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'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
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
