Quotes by Conor Oberst

About Conor Oberst:

Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Norman Bailer (The Faint), Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Arab Strap and Monsters of Folk. Oberst was named the Best Songwriter of 2008 by Rolling Stone magazine.
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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 interested in.

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I've always been slightly preoccupied with death or whatever those kind of silly big questions people will tell you to not spend your time worrying about.

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I'll never understand how destroying families through deportation benefits our society. How we treat the undocumented says a great deal about us as a people and whether or not we'll continue to fulfill the fundamental American promise of equality and...

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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 time in my life, and it really helped me,' that stuff totally still rings true. If you're standing there talking to someone, it's really eas...

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It's very strange when people get so focused on what a song means, what actual events inspired a song. That gets people really excited for some reason... But that's what's great about music - however people interpret it, whatever they see, is what I ...

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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 a new place.

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I'm always fascinated when people really fervently believe, because I have such a hard time believing anything. When people have real faith in something, it's fascinating to me. And the fact that so many people, in surveys, so many people say they do...

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Why are you scared to dream of god when it's salvation that you want?

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I've cried, and you'd think I'd be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps, and it stays in my spine the rest of my life.

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The one recurring theme in my writing, and in my life in general, is confusion. The fact that anytime you think you really know something, you're going to find out you're wrong - that is the rule. The moments where you think you have something figure...

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Life is always surprising to me. When you think it's going to get dull, it never really does.

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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 my friends who were also writing songs and were typically four or five years older than me.

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The way my life's structured, I don't stay in a place for more than a couple months.

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When you write a song, the goal is not to convey the details of your life. You should write a memoir or something if that's what you're going to do.

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Love's an excuse to get hurt.

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I really just want to be warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love.

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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.

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I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's a real thing.

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The idea of forever is kind of ridiculous, which is unfortunate because it's kind of a nice thing to say, you know. I think it softens the blow of mortality and having to say goodbye to everything you know and everyone you love and all that kind of t...

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I enjoy recording and performing, but it's the songwriting that I love most.

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I know a girl who cries when she practices violin because each note sounds so pure it just cuts into her, and then the melody comes pouring out her eyes. Now, to me, everything else just sounds like a lie.

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Author Bio

  • NameConor Oberst
  • DescriptionAmerican musician
  • BornFebruary 15, 1980
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter; Musician; Composer