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
I really believe in the way the energy can consolidate in certain geographical spots. You can find it in a lot of… — 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
In many ways Bright Eyes is really a studio project. We form bands to tour, but it really is - you know,… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I went right from wunderkind to washed up. Old. Been around too long. That's just the way I feel. That's my internal… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
The way my life's structured, I don't stay in a place for more than a couple months. — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
The best feeling I ever get is when I finish a song, and it exists, and it didn't exist before, and now… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I try to make all my songs good. I don't ever write one to finish one. A lot of protest songs end… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
They say they don't know when but a day is gonna come. When there won't be a moon and there won't be… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
On every Bright Eyes record, there's some kind of sound collage that begins it. Some of them have dialogue, some don't. I… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
A kid that picks up a record, he doesn't need to know anything other than the music and have it in his… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
You can do a lot to shape the feeling of a song by the way you record it. — 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
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
