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In a coma, you don't dream, you just hope that someone sits with you.
Conor Oberst
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Conor Oberst
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: February 15
Guitarist
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Omaha
Nebraska
Conor Mullen Oberst
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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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And I sing and sing of awful things The pleasure that my sadness brings.
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I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health. I said, 'There's nothing that I can do for you that you can't do for yourself.' He said, 'Oh yes you can. Just hold my hand. I think that that would help.' So I sat with him a while then I asked him how he felt. He said, 'I think I'm cured.'
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I would say I'm a humanist. I like that. I mean, I don't claim to know anything, but I'm curious about it all. I'm always fascinated when people really fervently believe, because I have such a hard time believing anything.
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There's a major underlying idea as you grow up that you need to just save your money and get that affordable housing at the edge of town where you're away from the city where all the crime happens or whatever.
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So I wait for the day when I'll hear the key as it turns in the lock And the guard will say to me, Oh my patient prisoner you waited for this day and finally, you are free! You are free! You are free!
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I do think that music has a special ability to get behind enemy lines and win hearts and minds.
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i keep drinking the ink from my pen and i'm balancing history books up on my head but it all boils down to one quotable phrase if you love something give it away
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I'm not the most technically savvy person in the world. Like, I'm not good at troubleshooting when stuff happens to my digital music.
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I don't feel real confident expressing myself except when I'm writing. I feel kind of scatterbrained. I can see everything from both sides and that makes it hard to reach conclusions. Writing enables me to clarify things.
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Since the songs were written over a five-year period, I think these are little snapshots. Some people call it political or topical, but I think each song is self-contained. I think it fits together as a picture of the last half-decade of time.
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My head's a carousel of pictures and The spinning never stops.
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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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I need some meaning I can memorize. The kind I have always seems to slip my mind.
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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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One of my favorite modern American authors is Denis Johnson. I'm deeply inspired by all of his work - I rip him off constantly.
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We're going to sing about things that matter to us. The balancing act is to present these ideas but also make the music exciting and sort of fun enough that even if you're not paying attention to the lyrics, you might still like the songs anyway. That's the idea.
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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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I'm kind of like, never say never.
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Little soldier, little insect You know war it has no heart It will kill you in the sunshine Or happily in the the dark Where kindness is a card game Or a bent up cigarette In the trenches, in the hard rain With a bullet and a bet.
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