The first music I ever got into was the '80s alternative bands that my brother listened to, like The Cure and The Smiths and R.E.M. and Fugazi. I... →
Conor Oberst
It's very strange when people get so focused on what a song means, what actual events inspired a song. That gets people really excited for some... →
It's dangerous to buy into praise and criticism for what you do when you're trying to present your music to people. I don't ignore it... →
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've given up trying to understand what people think about me. It seems like a lot of people don't like the music we make and don't know... →
There are a lot of bands that have a huge appeal, but I don't understand why. Guns n' Roses. U2. But you know, that's just my thing.... →
Ric Ocasek
Some people focus more on sonics. Some people focus more on story. I focus on both sonics and story, but music sometimes, just music itself, can turn... →
Frank Ocean
Whenever I think about movies, I always look at that art process as having the best of a lot of worlds. Because if you watch a great film, you have a... →
I don't intend to stop making music.
It's about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the... →