Writer Quotes by Conor Oberst

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

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

There's nothing that the road cannot heal

— Conor Oberst

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

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

Cause I swear that I'm dying, slowly but its happening.

— Conor Oberst

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

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

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

To finish a song is the best feeling in the world.

— Conor Oberst

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

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

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

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

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