All Conor Oberst Quotes
- I really just want to be warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love. Best Love
- Let the poets cry themselves to sleep, and all their tearful words will turn back into steam. All
- There's all body types, but there's just one size. All
- Why are you scared to dream of god when it's salvation that you want? Dream
- A boycott is, inherently, a blunt instrument. It is an imperfect weapon, a carpet bomb, when all involved would prefer a surgical strike. All
- Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it. Art
- Considering our history, I can think of nothing more American than an immigrant. American
- I always embrace the worst-case scenario. Always Embrace
- I believe that vinyl will outlast CDs. Believe
- I have a car in Nebraska. When I bought it, they gave me a satellite radio, and there's an 'indie-rock' station. It's just nothing I'm… Bought
- I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus. All
- I like the Alice in Wonderland sculpture in Central Park. I love how it's been rained on forever and looks worn down by time. Alice
- I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone. All
- I think there's a danger, for me at least, in retreating and going inward and depression. I have to stay diligent against that tendency. Danger
- I think there's so much about Rasta culture that's interesting. Just the idea of preaching one-ness, that we're all in this together. All
- I went right from wunderkind to washed up. Old. Been around too long. That's just the way I feel. That's my internal dialogue. Been
- If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we'd see the beauty then and stand staring in… Awe
- It seems like everything I do musically I tend to lose a few fans and gain a few fans, and it all kind of evens… All
- Life is always surprising to me. When you think it's going to get dull, it never really does. Always Surprising
- One of my favorite modern American authors is Denis Johnson. I'm deeply inspired by all of his work - I rip him off constantly. All
- Pronouns really don't matter in a song - 'I' or 'he' or 'she' or even subscribing a lyric to an inanimate object. Inanimate
- Sometimes I daydream about having a farm and a wife and some babies and watching the grass grow, but you have to meet the right… Babies
- The only thing major labels can really offer is money. Inspirational
- The way my life's structured, I don't stay in a place for more than a couple months. Couple
- The worst thing you can do as an artist is to repeat yourself. Artist