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Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
American Musician
Born: Feb 15, 1980
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I've cried, and you'd think I'd be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps, and it stays in my spine the rest of my life. Conor Oberst
Sad Life You Better Sadness Rest My Life Think Sleeps Cried Spine Stays Just
I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's a real thing. Conor Oberst
Love Mom Love Is Myth Think Ways Only Unconditional Unconditional Love Know Real Lot Real Thing Reason Thing
If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we'd see the beauty then and stand staring in awe. Conor Oberst
World Beauty Painting Think Frame See Remain Could Like Within Wall Then Stand Awe Staring
I'll never understand how destroying families through deportation benefits our society. How we treat the undocumented says a great deal about us as a people and whether or not we'll continue to fulfill the fundamental American promise of equality and opportunity for all. Conor Oberst
Great People Equality Treat Benefits Opportunity Great Deal Society Our Says Destroying Promise About Through Never Deal Understand How Continue Undocumented Families American Whether Deportation Us Fulfill Fundamental
They say it's better to bury your sadness in a graveyard or garden that waits for the spring to wake from its sleep and burst into green. Conor Oberst
Sad Garden Better Sadness Spring Say Waits Wake Green Burst Bury Your They Say Graveyard Sleep
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
Me Eyes Lie Pure Girl Cries Else Everything Everything Else Melody Out Pouring Like Know She Because Practices Sounds Just Note Cuts Then Who Each Now Her Violin
Sometimes I daydream about having a farm and a wife and some babies and watching the grass grow, but you have to meet the right person for that. Conor Oberst
You Right Person Sometimes Wife Farm Grass Babies Meet Some About Having Daydream Person Grow Right Watching
I've thought about the idea of, 'Can happiness and creativity co-exist?' So much of what I've done, I think, has been based on being dissatisfied or incomplete or lonely. The answer is, 'There isn't an answer, necessarily.' Conor Oberst
Happiness Creativity Thought Lonely Incomplete Think Has-Been About Idea Answer Been Done Being Much Based Necessarily Dissatisfied
I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone. Conor Oberst
Eyes Darkest Secrets Feel Like Audience Microphone Burn Whispering
On every Bright Eyes record, there's some kind of sound collage that begins it. Some of them have dialogue, some don't. I like it because it can kind of slow down the attention span a bit. It's a way to draw you in to the rest of the record. Conor Oberst
You Attention Span Eyes Rest Slow Down Every Way Bit Collage Draw Kind Record Some Attention Like Because Sound Dialogue Begins Span Them Bright
Movement has been one of the few constants in my life, and I always feel a great sense of optimism when I set off to a new place. Conor Oberst
Life Great My Life Few Sense Has-Been Great Sense Feel New Always Been Off New Place Optimism Movement Place Set
Love's an excuse to get hurt. Conor Oberst
Love Hurt Excuse Get
When I was younger, I was somewhat of an idealist. I guess I'm a little bit more of a realist now. I think there's a lot that can be done to make the world a better place, but it's more about choosing your battles. Conor Oberst
World Better Think Guess Bit Battles About More Somewhat Better Place Idealist Make Lot Done Place Realist Little Little Bit Younger Your Choosing Now
Screaming is bad for the voice, but it's good for the heart. Conor Oberst
Good Heart Bad Voice Screaming
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
You Yourself Drive Think Spirit About New Concept Were Essentially Form Your Hard Reincarnation
We've all seen the power music has to spread messages of solidarity and hope. Conor Oberst
Hope Music Seen Power Solidarity Messages Spread
When you're 16 or 17, I think like most people that age, the first time you experience certain things in life, whether it's heartbreak or death or love, obviously it's going to seem like a much bigger deal. Conor Oberst
Life Love Death Time You Age Experience People First Think Seem Like Most Obviously First Time Deal Heartbreak Going Bigger Whether Much Certain Certain Things Things
It's glorious to be able to go onto the Internet and hear any kind of music anywhere, from anywhere, and get it instantly. But there's also something glorious about having a record with a sleeve and looking at the artwork, putting it on the turntable and playing it, there's still something romantic to me about that. Conor Oberst
Music Me Internet Looking Glorious Sleeve Kind Able Record About Something Having Onto Instantly Putting Also Still Go Hear Get Any Artwork Romantic Anywhere Turntable Playing
Art is basically communication, and I think everyone who's a music lover has had that experience where a record or a recording has kept you company when no one else is around. And I think that is what I'm hoping that people get out of my music. Conor Oberst
Music Art You Experience Communication People Recording Lover Think Else Music Lover Everyone Out Hoping Record Had No-One Around Get Where Company Basically Kept
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. Conor Oberst
Me People Song World Political Other Has-Been More Driven Songs Divisive Empathetic Empathy Most Also Make Been Personal Listener Less Even Activism Desire
I prefer career artists that have spent time honing their craft, as opposed to, 'I won a karaoke contest on a reality show and now I have a record.' That's such a drag. The music that comes out of it is so poor. Conor Oberst
Music Time Reality Honing Spent Out Record Contest Opposed Won Craft Artists Prefer Reality Show Poor Karaoke Show Now Career Drag
I'm a real music fan, so I listen to all kinds of music all the time. I listen to a lot of what my friends or people I know are listening to. I'm always checking out new bands. Conor Oberst
Music Time People Listening Out Kinds Checking New Know Always Real Lot Friends Bands Listen Fan
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
Old Long Too Way Feel Around Dialogue Been Up Just Internal Washed Right
The one recurring theme in my writing, and in my life in general, is confusion. The fact that anytime you think you really know something, you're going to find out you're wrong - that is the rule. The moments where you think you have something figured out, those are the exceptions. Conor Oberst
Life You Writing Confusion My Life Think Rule Those Out Find Something General Fact Exceptions Recurring Wrong Know Going Where Anytime Theme Really Figured Moments
When you write a song, the goal is not to convey the details of your life. You should write a memoir or something if that's what you're going to do. Conor Oberst
Life You Song Memoir Details Something Write Goal Going Convey Should Your
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
Beautiful You Natural Islam Energy Believe Christianity Way Consolidate Find Ideas Look Judaism Spots Geographical Lot Different Places Holy Really Certain Different Places
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