Conor Oberst Quotes

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.

Each Desaparecidos's Song Has A Seed That It Came From. We're Trying To Take That And Broaden It Out And Make It Resonate With People.

I've Been Part Of Running A Label Since I Was A Kid, So I Understand How It Works. But The More And More I Learn About It, The Less And Less Interested I Am In It.

I've Given Up Trying To Understand What People Think About Me.

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.

I Believe That Vinyl Will Outlast Cds. There's No Reason For It, But It Stays Around Because There Are Still People That Want Them.

Our Band Is Different In The Sense That We All Are Involved With A Lot Of Different Projects. It's Hard To Say When We'll Record Again, But We're Not Calling It Quits Right Away.

It's Hard To Get People To Focus On One Idea.

A Kid That Picks Up A Record, He Doesn't Need To Know Anything Other Than The Music And Have It In His Or Her Headphones. They're Getting Ideas Directly, It's Like Someone Whispering In Their Ear. That's Such A Personal Way To Receive Information.

Rastafarianism And Reggae Music Have Always Kind Of Resonated With Me. Those Ideas Of Redemption, Liberation And Overcoming Oppression Through Music, Weed And Community. Fighting Evil Through Love And Music, I Think It's Just A Really Powerful Idea.

I Think Different Musical Collaborators Bring Out Different Qualities In My Songs And I Like That.

Popular Music Is All About Traveling At The Speed Of You And Elevating The Individual As The Highest Thing In The World.