Conor Oberst Quotes

My dad, who plays guitar and piano and was in cover bands, along with my older brother, Matt, taught me guitar and stuff. I started writing acoustic songs and playing by myself in 7th grade.

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• I know a girl who cries when she practices violin because each note sounds so pure it just cuts into her, and then the melody comes pouring out her eyes. Now, to me, everything else just sounds like a lie.

  

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• If there's ever a kid out there that can't afford to buy the music, I still want them to hear it, and hopefully they'll go to the show, or buy a T-shirt from the band. That's the idea.

  

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  • Kids
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• I know you have a heavy heart, I can feel it when we kissSo many men stronger than meHave thrown their backs out trying to lift itBut me I'm not a gambleYou can count on me to splitThe love I sell you in the evening by the morning won't exist.

  

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  • Men
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• He once cut one of my nightmares out of paper.I thought it was beautiful, I put it on a record cover.

  

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  • Beautiful

• There's all body types, but there's just one size.

  

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• I like science fiction. Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick and Vonnegut, and I really like Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale. And you know, so much of science fiction has to do with predicting what’s to come, so I think that’s really interesting.

  

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  • Thinking
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• Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.

  

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  • People
  • Art
  • Communication

• I never thought of runningMy feet just led the way

  

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• And the sad act like lepersThey stick to the shadowsThey long to ring bells of warningTo tell of their comingSo that the pure can shut their doors.

  

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  • Long
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• Love's an excuse to get hurt and to hurt. Do you like to hurt? I do, I do then hurt me.

  

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  • Hurt

• The Bible's blind, the Torah's deaf, the Qur'an is mute; if you burned them all together you'd get close to the truth.

  

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  • Together
  • Blind
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• And in the morning when the sun rise.Look in the water, see the blue sky.As if heaven has been laid there at our feet.

  

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  • Water
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• I sing and drink and sleep on floorsAnd try hard not to be annoyedBy all these people worrying about me.So when I'm suffering through some awful drive,You occasionally cross my mind.It's my hidden hope that you are still among them.Well, are you?

  

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  • People
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• But you should never be embarrassed by your trouble with livingCause it's the ones with the sorest throats Laura,who have done the most singing.

  

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  • Done
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• i keep drinking the ink from my penand i'm balancing history books up on my headbut it all boils down to one quotable phraseif you love something give it away

  

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  • Up
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• Because the truth is that gossip is as good as gospel in this town. You can save face but you won't ever save your soul. And that's a fact.

  

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  • Good
  • Truth
  • Soul

• I've given up trying to understand what people think about me.

  

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  • People
  • Thinking
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• You mean nothing to no one but that's nobody's fault.

  

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• It seems like everything I do musically I tend to lose a few fans and gain a few fans, and it all kind of evens out.

  

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  • Kind
  • Fans
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• It's exploding bags, aerosol cansSouthbound buses, Peter PanThey left it up to us againI thought you knew the drillIt's kill or be killed.

  

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  • Up

• You took off your clothes and left on the light,You stood there so brave, you used to be shy,Each feature improved, each movement refined,And eyes like a showroom.

  

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  • Light
  • Eyes
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• a good woman will pick you aparta box full of suggestions for your possible heartand you may be offended. and you may be afraidbut don't walk away, don't walk away

  

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• To me, a political song is also a personal song. Most political activism has been driven by empathy for other people and the desire for a world that's less divisive. Even if songs aren't overtly political, they can make a listener more empathetic.

  

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• People resist change; if they like something, then they want you to keep doing it over and over - but I think if you like what a particular band or artist does, then you should want to see what they're going to do next.

  

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