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The drunk kids, the catholics They're all about the same They're waiting for something Hoping to be saved
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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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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To me, a political song is also a personal song. Most political activism has been driven by empathy for other people and the desire for a world that's less divisive. Even if songs aren't overtly political, they can make a listener more empathetic.
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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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It's not a movie, no private screening This method acting, well, I call that living
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I'm happy just because I found out I am really no one
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For a song I was bought Now I lie when I talk With a careful eye on the cue card. Onto a stage I was pushed, With my sorrow well rehearsed. So give me all your pity and your money, now (all of it).
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A boycott is, inherently, a blunt instrument. It is an imperfect weapon, a carpet bomb, when all involved would prefer a surgical strike.
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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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Considering our history, I can think of nothing more American than an immigrant.
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I really just want to be warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love.
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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 went right from wunderkind to washed up. Old. Been around too long. That's just the way I feel. That's my internal dialogue.
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We, the Desaparecidos, are perfectly prepared for people to hate what we're saying or not like what we're saying.
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I believe that vinyl will outlast CDs.
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Everything must belong somewhere. I know that now, that's why I'm staying here.
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Maybe there's a different story when it comes to hip-hop or different genres, but as far as rock music goes, I think there is a sort of fear of saying things people might be apt to criticize. Our band is the opposite of that.
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Each Desaparecidos's song has a seed that it came from. We're trying to take that and broaden it out and make it resonate with people.
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And your eyes must do some raining if you're ever gonna grow / When crying don't help, you can't compose yourself / It's best to compose a poem, an honest verse of longing / Or a simple song of hope.
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For a sunrise or a sunset, you're manic or you're depressed. Will you ever feel ok?
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The worst thing you can do as an artist is to repeat yourself.
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