341 Quotes by Conor Oberst

So when your new eyes meet mine they won't see no lies, just love...

I don't really premeditate what I write my songs about; you know, they just kind of happen, and I can't start writing songs to please a certain group of people or propagate a certain message all the time. That's just not how my songwriting works - it just sort of comes out, and the songs are what they are.

Cause I swear that I'm dying, slowly but its happining.

It's always the negative things that seep through into your consciousness. Most of the positive things just roll off real fast. I just try not to pay attention to it, because I've never read anything about my band that's accurate.

I really just want to be warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love.

But these are days we dream about, when the sunlight paints us goldAnd this apartment could not be prettier as we danced up there alone

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.

You should never be embarrassed by your trouble with living, because it's the ones with the sorest throats who have done the most singing.

But these are days we dream about, when the sunlight paints us gold And this apartment could not be prettier as we danced up there alone