I really just want to be warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love. — 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 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
If there's ever a kid out there that can't afford to buy the music, I still want them to hear it, and… — 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
In theory, I always think I should totally go back to school, because I don't want to start sinking slowly... I want… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Music becomes very personal. When you marry a message you want to send out into the world with good music, all of… — 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
I want to be the surgeon who cuts you open Who fixes all of life's mistakes I want to be the house… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I've never conceptualized much of what I write about. Maybe, once I'm onto something, I'll conceptualize a finished record. I want the… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I don't see any harm in letting whatever comes out come out of you, even if it's sort of weird, or dark,… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Why are you scared to dream of god when it's salvation that you want? — 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
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
