All Conor Oberst Quotes
- When I run into a person or a kid that comes up and gives me the spiel about, 'Hey, I got your record at this… Authentic
- When I try to explain to people the big influences in my life, or at least when I first started, the most important ones were… Big
- When I was younger, I was somewhat of an idealist. I guess I'm a little bit more of a realist now. I think there's a… Battle
- When you're 16 or 17, I think like most people that age, the first time you experience certain things in life, whether it's heartbreak or… Age
- With science and reason throughout history, what people believed turned out to be false. So I like to keep an open mind to all perspectives… All
- You can only really understand good if you have bad, so the idea of heaven or anything that happens for eternity, even if it's nice,… Bad
- 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. I… Either Come
- Cause I swear that I'm dying, slowly but its happening. Cause
- If you think about Protestant and Catholic or Shiite and Sunni, they are basically the same thing... one eats with their left hand, the other… Catholic
- You can do a lot to shape the feeling of a song by the way you record it. Feeling
- I was raised Catholic, and I have an aversion to anyone who takes religion to the extreme. Anyone
- When I would first come to New York on tour, I hated the place. First Come
- To finish a song is the best feeling in the world. Best
- I think we should be pushing for amnesty and a path to citizenship for every undocumented person residing in the United States who has not… Amnesty
- I would prefer to be a little nervous, because when you stop being nervous is kind of when you stop caring. Caring
- One of my best friends, Mike, had a kid. Just seeing him go through it all was inspiring. It would be so nice to care… All
- When I started writing songs, I was doing it for myself and a small circle of friends. And gradually, over the years, an audience became… Audience
- I think that, with anything creative, you should have the freedom to experiment, and that experimentation means not feeling totally responsible for how other people… Anything Creative
- My family is Catholic. I went to a Catholic school, that kind of thing, so that was my childhood for sure. Catholic
- So much of listening to lyrically driven music is projecting your own feelings and experiences into the music. Driven
- Movement has been one of the few constants in my life, and I always feel a great sense of optimism when I set off to… Always Feel
- No lies, just love. Lies
- I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers And laid entwined together in a bed of clover Left there to sleep Left there to… Bed
- When I was a kid, I used to fantasize about death. Not that I was suicidal, but there was an attraction there. I went from… Attraction
- 'Cause I swear that I'm dying, slowly but its happining. Cause