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120 quotes by Conor Oberst

Conor Mullen Oberst (born February 15, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Norman Bailer (The Faint), Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Arab Strap and Monsters of Folk. Oberst was named the Best Songwriter of 2008 by Rolling Stone magazine.
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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... →

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I have a terrible memory in general, but one thing I've always been able to remember is my songs.

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I keep my eyes closed a lot when I'm singing because sometimes it's distracting to see people.

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I'm proud that with 'Bright Eyes' we've always experimented and tried to make a different record every time out.

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I'm very interested in writing - it just takes so much discipline, whether it's short stories or novels.

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If there's a song that stops meaning anything to me, then I'll quit playing it.

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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.

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My family is Catholic. I went to a Catholic school, that kind of thing, so that was my childhood for sure.

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

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The worst thing you can do as an artist is to repeat yourself.

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

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When I would first come to New York on tour, I hated the place.

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You can do a lot to shape the feeling of a song by the way you record it.

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