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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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In a way, to have whatever people talk about as crossover success, I think it means you start making bad music. I mean, when I'm flipping through the channels and see the VMAs or something, I don't really see any music there.
Conor Oberst
I don't hold anything against Barack Obama. I just think the system is so corrupt, it doesn't matter how well-intentioned someone is, as I believe he was and is. At the end of the day, I think it just comes down to money. This is all about class warfare. All of our political problems.
Conor Oberst
I'm ripe for the picking for the Scientologists - one of those creeps. Someone's got to find me. Some little weird cult can just pluck me up, because I'm ripe for the picking.
Conor Oberst
The sound of loneliness makes me happier.
Conor Oberst
Our band is different in the sense that we all are involved with a lot of different projects. It's hard to say when we'll record again, but we're not calling it quits right away.
Conor Oberst
It's hard to get people to focus on one idea.
Conor Oberst
Everything that happens is supposed to be And it's all pre-determined, can't change your destiny Guess I'll just keep moving, someday maybe I'll get to where I'm going
Conor Oberst
A boycott is, inherently, a blunt instrument. It is an imperfect weapon, a carpet bomb, when all involved would prefer a surgical strike.
Conor Oberst
I do think that music has a special ability to get behind enemy lines and win hearts and minds.
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.
Conor Oberst
Considering our history, I can think of nothing more American than an immigrant.
Conor Oberst
And the sad act like lepers They stick to the shadows They long to ring bells of warning To tell of their coming So that the pure can shut their doors.
Conor Oberst
It's always the negative things that seep through into your consciousness. Most of the positive things just roll off real fast. I just try not to pay attention to it, because I've never read anything about my band that's accurate.
Conor Oberst
Everything must belong somewhere. I know that now, that's why I'm staying here.
Conor Oberst
Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and left there to sleep, left there to dream of their happiness.
Conor Oberst
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.
Conor Oberst
I think our music is more about seeing ourselves in each other and trying to find a more humanistic viewpoint for the world.
Conor Oberst
I love story songs. It's just, for me, they're harder to write, and sometimes they sound too intended or something.
Conor Oberst
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
One of my favorite modern American authors is Denis Johnson. I'm deeply inspired by all of his work - I rip him off constantly.
Conor Oberst