It's not a movie, no private screening This method acting, well, I call that living — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
We're all too busy working, entertaining ourselves With forty hours, television and prescription pills Well, I take two a day to help… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
For a song I was bought Now I lie when I talk With a careful eye on the cue card. Onto a… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Well morning came, and it dressed the sky in a lovely yellow gown. Shopping malls are opening in that narrow hallway of… — 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
Joe Arpaio needs no help from me getting attention. For years he has been a beacon of bigotry and intolerance for all… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I drug your ghost across the country, and we plotted out my death. Every city and memory we whispered "Here is where… — 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
And I never thought this life was possible,You're the yellow bird that I've been waiting for. In polaroids you were dressed in… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
When I run into a person or a kid that comes up and gives me the spiel about, 'Hey, I got your record at… — Conor Oberst Copy Share
My dad, who plays guitar and piano and was in cover bands, along with my older brother, Matt, taught me guitar and stuff. I… — Conor Oberst Copy Share
I think there's a weird self-affirmation thing that happens in popular music in general. It seems like every song I hear on the radio… — Conor Oberst Copy Share
