Music is unique because you can get behind enemy lines a little bit, get into people's houses and into their heads, on their stereos, and win hearts and minds. Conor Oberst biteenemyhead Change image and share on social
I've always been slightly preoccupied with death or whatever those kind of silly big questions people will tell you to not spend your time worrying about. Conor Oberst bigdeathhave Change image and share on social
I like ideas, but I don't like being preached to. Conor Oberst ideapreach Change image and share on social
If you think about Protestant and Catholic or Shiite and Sunni, they are basically the same thing... one eats with their left hand, the other eats with their right hand. Conor Oberst basicallycatholiceat Change image and share on social
You can't manufacture inspiration, so a lot of it is still a waiting game for me. There's still a lot of mystery to songwriting. I don't have a method that I can go back to - they either come or they don't. Conor Oberst backgameinspiration share on social
I never camped as a kid, but I really got into camping and sleeping outdoors. I've also done some amazing river floats in New Mexico and Idaho. It's peaceful and awesome. Conor Oberst amazeawesomecamp Change image and share on social
I have many friends who are both Mexican and Mexican-American and others who, I guess you would say, are somewhere in between. The ironic thing is that all three of those categories often exist inside of the same family. Conor Oberst americancategoryexist share on social
Pronouns really don't matter in a song - 'I' or 'he' or 'she' or even subscribing a lyric to an inanimate object. Conor Oberst inanimatelyricmatter Change image and share on social
Once you realize that everyone is in the same boat, that everyone is just as insecure and childlike as everyone else, that all these jokers in D.C. ruining our world are just greedy kids grabbing for marbles - I think that realization means you're an adult. Conor Oberst adultboatchildlike share on social
