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Singer-songwriter

Conor Oberst, born on February 15, 1980, in Omaha, Nebraska, is a talented singer-songwriter known for his unique musical style and profound lyrics. He is a prominent figure in the independent music scene and has gained recognition for his contributions to the industry.

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“People resist change; if they like something, then they want you to keep doing it over and over - but I think if you like what a particular band or artist does, then you should want to see what they're going to do next.”

People Ifs Thinking Want Should Doe Artist Next Particular Band Like Something

Author:Conor Oberst

“The Bible's blind, the Torah's deaf, the Qur'an is mute; if you burned them all together you'd get close to the truth.”

Ifs Together Blind Burned Deaf Mute Torah

Author:Conor Oberst

“I swear that I'm dying slowly but it's happening, and if the perfect spring is waiting somewhere... just take me there.”

Ifs Waiting Perfect Dying Spring Happenings Take Me Swear Dying Slowly

Author:Conor Oberst

“i keep drinking the ink from my pen and i'm balancing history books up on my head but it all boils down to one quotable phrase if you love something give it away”

Ifs Giving Book Drinking Phrases Pens Ink History Books

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“If I loved you, well that's my fault”

Ifs Wells Faults I Loved You

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“My Brother went to college To become a doctor And if he studies hard enough He'll end up just like papa, who hates his life.”

Ifs Ends Hard Enough Hate Study College Brother Doctors My Brother Papa

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“I started to sink like the moon tends to do if you stare at it too long Then you blink and it's gone.”

Ifs Long Gone Moon Staring Blink

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“If I could act like This was my real life, And not some cage where I've been placed, Well then, I could tell you The truth like I used to And not be afraid of sounding fake.”

Ifs Wells Real Used Real Life Fake If I Could Cages

Author:Conor Oberst

“we made love on the living room floor with the noise in the background of a televised war and in that defeaning pleasure i thought i heard someone say if we walk away they'll walk away”

Ifs Made War Walks Pleasure Rooms Heard Backgrounds Noise Living Room

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“And in the morning when the sun rise. Look in the water, see the blue sky. As if heaven has been laid there at our feet.”

Ifs Looks Has Beens Heaven Water Morning Sun Feet Sky Blue Blue Sky Sun Rise

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“We're going to sing about things that matter to us. The balancing act is to present these ideas but also make the music exciting and sort of fun enough that even if you're not paying attention to the lyrics, you might still like the songs anyway. That's the idea.”

Ifs Stills Ideas Matter Enough Might Song Fun Attention Exciting Pay Attention Things That Matter Balancing Act

Author:Conor Oberst

“If there's ever a kid out there that can't afford to buy the music, I still want them to hear it, and hopefully they'll go to the show, or buy a T-shirt from the band. That's the idea.”

Ifs Want Stills Ideas Shows Kids Band Hopefully Shirts T Shirt

Author:Conor Oberst

“I don't see any harm in letting whatever comes out come out of you, even if it's sort of weird, or dark, or painful, or too embarrassing, or whatever. I feel like you might as well get it down for yourself. It can't do anything but help you get to where you want to be by recognizing the thoughts that you're having.”

Ifs Want Feels Wells Helping Might Dark Like You Painful Harm Embarrassing Recognizing

Author:Conor Oberst

“If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we'd see the beauty then and stand staring in awe.”

Ifs Thinking World Fear Painting Wall Staring Awe

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“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.”

Ifs Should Writing Song Goal Details Memoir

Author:Conor Oberst

“Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of my all-time favorite writers. I feel spiritual when reading his words, even though they're translated. I wish desperately that I could read it in its original language. I already feel like I'm going to church when I read him; imagine if I could read it in the original.”

Ifs Feels Spiritual Reading Language Wish Church Imagine Originals All Time If I Could Gabriel Going To Church All Time Favorite Marquez Garcia Marquez

Author:Conor Oberst

“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.”

Ifs Way Believe Looks Ideas Different Beautiful Certain Energy Natural Christianity Holy Islam Spots Judaism Different Place Holy Places

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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.”

People Ifs Thinking Humans I Can Ideas Human Beings Environment Too Much Goodness Weapons Capacity Oil Nuclear Freak Nuclear Weapons Inherent Good Day Peak Oil

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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.”

People Ifs World Has Beens Political Desire Song Empathy Driven Activism Listeners Empathetic Political Activism

Author:Conor Oberst

“When I run into a person or a kid that comes up and gives me the spiel about, 'Hey, I got your record at this time in my life, and it really helped me,' that stuff totally still rings true. If you're standing there talking to someone, it's really easy to tell if they're being authentic or not. And that's great.”

Ifs Giving Persons Stills Running Kids Easy Stuff Talking Records Standing Give Me Come Up Rings Hey Standing There Being Authentic Talking To Someone

Author:Conor Oberst

“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.”

Ifs Knows Kind I Can Ideas Happens Heaven Forever Nice Imagine Eternity Ridiculous Unfortunate Being Nice Nice Things

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“And your eyes must do some raining if you're ever gonna grow / When crying don't help, you can't compose yourself / It's best to compose a poem, an honest verse of longing / Or a simple song of hope.”

Ifs Helping Eye Song Grows Simple Honest Cry Rain Longing Verses

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“If you love something, give it away...”

Ifs Giving Bright Eyes

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About the Author

Born: February 15, 1980
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 179

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