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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If you think about the concept of reincarnation, it's essentially uploading yourself and your spirit into a new form, a new hard drive as it were.

Conor Oberst

I always embrace the worst-case scenario.

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I like ideas, but I don't like being preached to.

Conor Oberst

My main thing is just to keep writing. I've been doing some songwriting that's for my own record, I suppose.

Conor Oberst

To outsiders it probably seems like splitting hairs, but to me, Bright Eyes is a simply the collaboration between myself and Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott. What you hear is definitely the sum of all our ideas and represents all three of us. But I still...

Conor Oberst

I really believe in the way the energy can consolidate in certain geographical spots. You can find it in a lot of different places, beautiful natural spots, or if you look at Islam or Judaism or Christianity, these ideas of holy places.

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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 involved.

Conor Oberst

I have a lot of friends that take that position of extreme cynicism, and I just can't let myself go to that place. It's just too easy, and it's just too defeatist.

Conor Oberst

If there's a criticism of 'Cassadaga' that I agreed with, it's that we left things in the oven too long, that songs were overstuffed, with too many ideas competing for space.

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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 don't have a method that I can go back to - they either come or they don't.

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I find that moving keeps me optimistic, the idea of what's going to be down the road a bit or around the next bend.

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There's all body types, but there's just one size.

Conor Oberst

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 eats with their right hand.

Conor Oberst

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.

Conor Oberst

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.

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I have a terrible memory in general, but one thing I've always been able to remember is my songs.

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I keep my eyes closed a lot when I'm singing because sometimes it's distracting to see people.

Conor Oberst

I'm very interested in writing - it just takes so much discipline, whether it's short stories or novels.

Conor Oberst

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 out.

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If there's a song that stops meaning anything to me, then I'll quit playing it.

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When I would first come to New York on tour, I hated the place.

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Author Bio

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