341 Quotes by Conor Oberst

For a sunrise or a sunset, you’re manic or you’re depressed. Will you ever feel ok?

You could be happy, the minute you try. Why won’t you try? Oh won’t you try?

I’ve been part of running a label since I was a kid, so I understand how it works. But the more and more I learn about it, the less and less interested I am in it.

The idea of forever is kind of ridiculous, which is unfortunate because it's kind of a nice thing to say, you know. I think it softens the blow of mortality and having to say goodbye to everything you know and everyone you love and all that kind of thing.

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.'

To finish a song is the best feeling in the world.

No lies, just love.

It's human nature to wonder.