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Conor Oberst Quotes

American - Musician | February 15, 1980 -

I try to make all my songs good. I don't ever write one to finish one. A lot of protest songs end up that way, driven by some kind of emotional response.

Good End Kind Way Try Write

My main thing is just to keep writing. I've been doing some songwriting that's for my own record, I suppose.

Writing Doing My Own Songwriting Own

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

Family Childhood School Kind Sure

The idea of forever is kind of ridiculous, which is unfortunate because it's 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.

Love Goodbye Think You Know Nice

I don't really premeditate what I write my songs about; you know, they just kind of happen, and I can't start writing songs to please a certain group of people or propagate a certain message all the time. That's just not how my songwriting works - it just sort of comes out, and the songs are what they are.

Time People Writing Start You Know

I think there are some songs that stand the test of time better than others for sure. I think some songs go out of favour; I'll get sick of a song for a while, and I won't play it; then it'll make a comeback.

Time Song Sick Think Stand Better

If there's a criticism of 'Cassadaga' that I agreed with, it's that we left things in the oven too long, that songs were overstuffed, with too many ideas competing for space.

Space Ideas Criticism Long Competing

The fact that anytime you think you really know something, you're going to find out you're wrong - that is the rule. The moments where you think you have something figured out, those are the exceptions.

Think Moments You Find Wrong Know

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

Eyes Time Proud Bright Always Out

So much of listening to lyrically driven music is projecting your own feelings and experiences into the music.

Music Listening Feelings Own Driven

I didn't used to think about politics much, or social issues. I was a teenager, writing about girls.

Politics Writing Think Social Issues

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

Discipline Writing Short Just Takes

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