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Conor Oberst Quotes

American - Musician | February 15, 1980 -

There's a major underlying idea as you grow up that you need to just save your money and get that affordable housing at the edge of town where you're away from the city where all the crime happens or whatever.

Money City Grow You Edge Need

We've all seen the power music has to spread messages of solidarity and hope.

Music Hope Power Solidarity Spread

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.

Waiting Me Game Mystery You Back

Pronouns really don't matter in a song - 'I' or 'he' or 'she' or even subscribing a lyric to an inanimate object.

Song Matter She Even He Object

Life is always surprising to me. When you think it's going to get dull, it never really does.

Life Me Think You Never Always

I have on many occasions spoken my mind from stage. I have offered organizations table space by the merch booth. I have donated a dollar-a-ticket, or the entire guarantee, to different causes. I have registered voters. I have played on behalf of political candidates.

Space Mind Political Table Stage

When I try to explain to people the big influences in my life, or at least when I first started, the most important ones were my friends who were also writing songs and were typically four or five years older than me.

Life People Me Writing My Life Try

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.

Time Myself Peace New York Feel New

I have a terrible memory in general, but one thing I've always been able to remember is my songs.

Memory Remember Always Terrible Been

In theory, I always think I should totally go back to school, because I don't want to start sinking slowly... I want to learn, blah blah blah. Then I think about actually going and sitting in classes and, man, it sounds terrible.

Man School Start Think Learn Back

I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus.

Time Focus Waves Reading Enough Go

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 can remember specifically saying The Cure was my favorite band back in second grade.

Music Brother Saying Remember Back

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