341 Quotes by Conor Oberst

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.

If I loved you, well that’s my fault.

One of my favorite modern American authors is Denis Johnson. I’m deeply inspired by all of his work – I rip him off constantly.

The way my life’s structured, I don’t stay in a place for more than a couple months.

Sometimes I worry that I’ve lost the plot My twitching muscles tease my flippant thoughts I never really dreamed of heaven much Until we put him in the ground. There is nothing as lucky, as easy, or free.

Much of appreciating art or music is really the interpretation of the listener. To a certain extent it’s projection – it’s what people need or lack in themselves that they then put upon these people that they admire.

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.

With science and reason throughout history, what people believed turned out to be false. So I like to keep an open mind to all perspectives and learn and become more fully realised as a person. I just feel we’re never going to know what the full picture is.

Why are you scared to dream of god when it’s salvation that you want?