You mean nothing to no one but that's nobody's fault... Conor Oberst More Quotes by Conor Oberst More Quotes From Conor Oberst I think our music is more about seeing ourselves in each other and trying to find a more humanistic viewpoint for the world. Conor Oberst viewpointstryingthinking In a coma, you don't dream, you just hope that someone sits with you. Conor Oberst comadream You can only really understand good if you have bad, so the idea of heaven or anything that happens for eternity, even if it's nice, I can't imagine it being nice forever. Even the idea of forever is kind of ridiculous, which is unfortunate because it's kind of a nice thing to say, you know. Conor Oberst niceforeverideas 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 insecuremeankids The idea of forever is kind of ridiculous, which is unfortunate because its kind of a nice thing to say, you know. I think it softens the blow of mortality and having to say goodbye to everything you know and everyone you love and all that kind of thing. Conor Oberst nicegoodbyethinking A boycott is, inherently, a blunt instrument. It is an imperfect weapon, a carpet bomb, when all involved would prefer a surgical strike. Conor Oberst imperfectbombsweapons Although Omaha is my birthplace and the place I grew up, I don't see myself spending extended amounts of time there. I feel almost more comfortable and more at peace in New York. Conor Oberst birth-placegrew-upnew-york I drink to stay warm, and to kill selected memories Conor Oberst drinkdepressionmemories I don't hold anything against Barack Obama. I just think the system is so corrupt, it doesn't matter how well-intentioned someone is, as I believe he was and is. At the end of the day, I think it just comes down to money. This is all about class warfare. All of our political problems. Conor Oberst politicalbelievethinking I would say I'm a humanist. I like that. I mean, I don't claim to know anything, but I'm curious about it all. I'm always fascinated when people really fervently believe, because I have such a hard time believing anything. Conor Oberst hard-timesmeanbelieve When people have real faith in something, it's fascinating to me. And the fact that so many people, in surveys, so many people say they do. It kind of blows my mind. Conor Oberst realblowpeople I understand why people get desensitized and roll their eyes when they hear a protest song, or even a politician making some flowery speech. It doesn't really change anything. Conor Oberst eyesongpeople I've never conceptualized much of what I write about. Maybe, once I'm onto something, I'll conceptualize a finished record. I want the songs to tie together and make sense together. I'm not like, "Oh, I want to explore this idea." That's just not how the creative process works for me. It's more like something strikes me, or finds me, and then I wrestle with it after that. I don't sit back in my armchair, like, "What kind of philosophy can I explore today?" Conor Oberst writingsongphilosophy I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus. Conor Oberst focuskindreading Sometimes I daydream about having a farm and a wife and some babies and watching the grass grow, but you have to meet the right person for that. Conor Oberst wifebabysometimes 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 to do. Conor Oberst goalwritingsong As long as I can buy records and books and maybe some clothes, I'm pretty stoked. I don't need a yacht or anything. Conor Oberst clotheslongbook 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. Conor Oberst realtryingnegative We might die from medication but we sure killed all the pain Conor Oberst painkillingmight Some days I feel like I'm an atheist. Most days, I feel like an agnostic. On a very rare day, I feel like I'm a believer in something. Conor Oberst agnosticatheistfeels
