Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Conor Mullen Oberstis an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, Norman Bailer, Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Arab Strap and Monsters of Folk. Oberst was named the Best Songwriter of 2008 by Rolling Stone magazine...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth15 February 1980
CityOmaha, NE
CountryUnited States of America
I like the Alice in Wonderland sculpture in Central Park. I love how it's been rained on forever and looks worn down by time.
I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus.
Let the poets cry themselves to sleep, and all their tearful words will turn back into steam.
Music becomes very personal. When you marry a message you want to send out into the world with good music, all of a sudden you have a very potent way of delivering your message.
I find that moving keeps me optimistic, the idea of what's going to be down the road a bit or around the next bend.
Screaming is bad for the voice, but it's good for the heart.
They say it's better to bury your sadness in a graveyard or garden that waits for the spring to wake from its sleep and burst into green.
I think different musical collaborators bring out different qualities in my songs and I like that.
There's all body types, but there's just one size.
Why are you scared to dream of god when it's salvation that you want?
A boycott is, inherently, a blunt instrument. It is an imperfect weapon, a carpet bomb, when all involved would prefer a surgical strike.
Much of appreciating art or music is really the interpretation of the listener. To a certain extent it's projection - it's what people need or lack in themselves that they then put upon these people that they admire.
Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.
Considering our history, I can think of nothing more American than an immigrant.