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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Conor Oberst

Men with purple hearts carry silver guns and they will kill a man for what his father has done. But what my…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Conor Oberst

When I run into a person or a kid that comes up and gives me the spiel about, 'Hey, I got your…

— Conor Oberst

My dad, who plays guitar and piano and was in cover bands, along with my older brother, Matt, taught me guitar and…

— 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…

— Conor Oberst

It's exploding bags, aerosol cans Southbound buses, Peter Pan They left it up to us again I thought you knew the drill…

— Conor Oberst

I do think that music has a special ability to get behind enemy lines and win hearts and minds.

— Conor Oberst

I'm happy just because I found out I am really no one

— Conor Oberst

Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and left there…

— Conor Oberst

And I sing and sing of awful things The pleasure that my sadness brings.

— Conor Oberst

I understand why people get desensitized and roll their eyes when they hear a protest song, or even a politician making some…

— Conor Oberst

For a sunrise or a sunset, you're manic or you're depressed. Will you ever feel ok?

— Conor Oberst

Cause a costume can be comfortable It can make you feel more beautiful It can even make you look like someone else…

— Conor Oberst

I'll write about myself, or people I know, or archetypal characters, but the goal is to get at some truth, not to…

— Conor Oberst

It's always the negative things that seep through into your consciousness. Most of the positive things just roll off real fast. I…

— Conor Oberst