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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.
Conor Oberst
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Conor Oberst
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: February 15
Guitarist
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Omaha
Nebraska
Conor Mullen Oberst
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