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I don't feel real confident expressing myself except when I'm writing. I feel kind of scatterbrained. I can see everything from both sides and that makes it hard to reach conclusions. Writing enables me to clarify things.

~Conor Oberst

Topics: Both Both Sides Clarify Conclusions Confident Enables Everything Except Expressing Feel Hard Kind Makes Me Myself Reach Real See Sides Things Writing I Feel I Can

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Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and left there to sleep, left there to dream of their happiness.

~Conor Oberst

Topics: Bed Believe Clover Dream Flowers Happiness Laid Left Lovers Now Should Sleep Together I Believe I Believe That

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On every Bright Eyes record, there's some kind of sound collage that begins it. Some of them have dialogue, some don't. I like it because it can kind of slow down the attention span a bit. It's a way to draw you in to the rest of the record.

~Conor Oberst

Topics: Attention Attention Span Because Begins Bit Bright Collage Dialogue Down Draw Every Eyes Kind Like Record Rest Slow Some Sound Span Them Way You

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

~Conor Oberst

Topics: Body Just Just One Size Types

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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.

~Conor Oberst

Topics: About Actually Always Back Back To School Because Blah Classes Go Going Learn Man School Should Sinking Sitting Slowly Sounds Start Terrible Then Theory Think Totally Want I Think

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On good days, I can see the inherent goodness in people, and that human beings have a high capacity to learn and adapt. But things like the environment, nuclear weapons and ideas like peak oil - if you think about them too much, they can really freak you out.

~Conor Oberst

Topics: About Adapt Beings Capacity Days Environment Freak Good Goodness High Human Human Beings Ideas Inherent Learn Like Much Nuclear Nuclear Weapons Oil Out Peak People Really See Them Things Think Too Too Much Weapons You I Can

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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.

~Conor Oberst

Topics: Because Cries Cuts Each Else Everything Everything Else Eyes Girl Her Just Know Lie Like Me Melody Note Now Out Pouring Practices Pure She Sounds Then Violin Who

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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.

~Conor Oberst

Topics: Activism Also Been Desire Divisive Driven Empathetic Empathy Even Less Listener Make Me More Most Other People Personal Political Song Songs World

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There's a small amount of super-wealthy people that want to maintain their billions and billions of dollars. Those are the people who are really making the decisions.

~Conor Oberst

Topics: Amount Billions Billions Of Dollars Decisions Dollars Maintain Making People Really Small Those Want Who

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I really believe in the way the energy can consolidate in certain geographical spots. You can find it in a lot of different places, beautiful natural spots, or if you look at Islam or Judaism or Christianity, these ideas of holy places.

~Conor Oberst

Topics: Beautiful Believe Certain Christianity Consolidate Different Different Places Energy Find Geographical Holy Ideas Islam Judaism Look Lot Natural Places Really Spots Way You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: February 15th, 1980

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