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title: "12 You Quotes By Conor Oberst"
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> [I would prefer to be a little nervous, because when you stop being nervous is kind of when you stop caring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-would-prefer-to-be-a-little-nervous-because-when-you-stop-being/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/conor-oberst-1535_because_i-would-prefer-to-be-a-little-nervous-be_3082667.png)

> [You can do a lot to shape the feeling of a song by the way you record it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/you-can-do-a-lot-to-shape-the-feeling-of-a-song-by-the-way-you-record/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/conor-oberst-1535_feeling_you-can-do-a-lot-to-shape-the-feeling-of_3117344.png)

> [I've always been slightly preoccupied with death or whatever those kind of silly big questions people will tell you to not spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-ve-always-been-slightly-preoccupied-with-death-or-whatever-those/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e9/conor-oberst-1535_about_i-ve-always-been-slightly-preoccupied-wi_2940432.png)

> [If you think about Protestant and Catholic or Shiite and Sunni, they are basically the same thing... one eats with their left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/if-you-think-about-protestant-and-catholic-or-shiite-and-sunni-they/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/194/conor-oberst-1535_about_if-you-think-about-protestant-and-cathol_2179373.png)

> [Art is basically communication, and I think everyone who's a music lover has had that experience where a record or a recording…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/art-is-basically-communication-and-i-think-everyone-who-s-a-music/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/conor-oberst-1535_around_art-is-basically-communication-and-i-thi_1672897.png)

> [In many ways Bright Eyes is really a studio project. We form bands to tour, but it really is - you know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/in-many-ways-bright-eyes-is-really-a-studio-project-we-form-bands-to/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d28/conor-oberst-1535_bands_in-many-ways-bright-eyes-is-really-a-stu_1260125.png)

> [If you think about the concept of reincarnation, it's essentially uploading yourself and your spirit into a new form, a new hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/if-you-think-about-the-concept-of-reincarnation-it-s-essentially/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/826/conor-oberst-1535_about_if-you-think-about-the-concept-of-reinca_1734336.png)

> [The fact that anytime you think you really know something, you're going to find out you're wrong - that is the rule.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/the-fact-that-anytime-you-think-you-really-know-something-you-re/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/conor-oberst-1535_anytime_the-fact-that-anytime-you-think-you-real_2148290.jpg)

> [Music is unique because you can get behind enemy lines a little bit, get into people's houses and into their heads, on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/music-is-unique-because-you-can-get-behind-enemy-lines-a-little-bit/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/031/conor-oberst-1535_because_music-is-unique-because-you-can-get-behi_476321.png)

> [I think that, with anything creative, you should have the freedom to experiment, and that experimentation means not feeling totally responsible for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-think-that-with-anything-creative-you-should-have-the-freedom-to/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d8/conor-oberst-1535_anything_i-think-that-with-anything-creative-you_2244181.png)

> [I don't really premeditate what I write my songs about; you know, they just kind of happen, and I can't start writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-don-t-really-premeditate-what-i-write-my-songs-about-you-know-they/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/conor-oberst-1535_about_i-don-t-really-premeditate-what-i-write_755871.png)

> [I try to keep the idea that there's an audience in as little space in my mind as possible, but you can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-try-to-keep-the-idea-that-there-s-an-audience-in-as-little-space-in/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b4/conor-oberst-1535_audience_i-try-to-keep-the-idea-that-there-s-an-a_2716270.png)

## Other authors on You

## More 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/every-time-i-finish-a-song-most-of-the-time-it-s-in-my-own-head-like/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/because-the-truth-is-that-gossip-is-as-good-as-gospel-in-this-town/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/)

> [There's nothing that the road cannot heal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/there-s-nothing-that-the-road-cannot-heal/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-ve-given-up-trying-to-understand-what-people-think-about-me-it/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/you-can-t-manufacture-inspiration-so-a-lot-of-it-is-still-a-waiting/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/)

> [Cause I swear that I'm dying, slowly but its happening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/cause-i-swear-that-i-m-dying-slowly-but-its-happening/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/in-a-way-to-have-whatever-people-talk-about-as-crossover-success-i/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/men-with-purple-hearts-carry-silver-guns-and-they-will-kill-a-man-for/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/there-s-a-major-underlying-idea-as-you-grow-up-that-you-need-to-just/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/)

> [To finish a song is the best feeling in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/to-finish-a-song-is-the-best-feeling-in-the-world/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-ve-been-part-of-running-a-label-since-i-was-a-kid-so-i-understand/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-m-ripe-for-the-picking-for-the-scientologists-one-of-those-creeps/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/when-i-run-into-a-person-or-a-kid-that-comes-up-and-gives-me-the/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/my-dad-who-plays-guitar-and-piano-and-was-in-cover-bands-along-with/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-think-there-s-a-weird-self-affirmation-thing-that-happens-in/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/)

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