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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. (Conor Oberst)
I have many friends who are both Mexican and Mexican-American and others who, I guess you would say, are somewhere in between. The ironic thing is that all three of those categories often exist inside of the same family. View quote
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I like science fiction. Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick and Vonnegut, and I really like Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale. And you know, so much of science fiction has to do with predicting what's to come, so I think that's really interesting. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm a real music fan, so I listen to all kinds of music all the time. I listen to a lot of what my friends or people I know are listening to. I'm always checking out new bands. View quote
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We've all seen the power music has to spread messages of solidarity and hope. View quote
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I went right from wunderkind to washed up. Old. Been around too long. That's just the way I feel. That's my internal dialogue. View quote
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Pronouns really don't matter in a song - 'I' or 'he' or 'she' or even subscribing a lyric to an inanimate object. View quote
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I have a car in Nebraska. When I bought it, they gave me a satellite radio, and there's an 'indie-rock' station. It's just nothing I'm interested in. View quote
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I believe that vinyl will outlast CDs. View quote
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I always embrace the worst-case scenario. (Conor Oberst)
The way my life's structured, I don't stay in a place for more than a couple months. View quote
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Considering our history, I can think of nothing more American than an immigrant. View quote
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Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it. View quote
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There's a very fine line between one person's reality and another person's fantasy. View quote
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I'm always fascinated when people really fervently believe, because I have such a hard time believing anything. When people have real faith in something, it's fascinating to me. And the fact that so many people, in surveys, so many people say they do. It kind of blows my mind. View quote
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I've thought about the idea of, 'Can happiness and creativity co-exist?' So much of what I've done, I think, has been based on being dissatisfied or incomplete or lonely. The answer is, 'There isn't an answer, necessarily. View quote
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The only thing major labels can really offer is money. View quote
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We must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul. View quote
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It's dangerous to buy into praise and criticism for what you do when you're trying to present your music to people. I don't ignore it completely, but I don't dwell on it too much. View quote
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To outsiders it probably seems like splitting hairs, but to me, Bright Eyes is a simply the collaboration between myself and Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott. What you hear is definitely the sum of all our ideas and represents all three of us. But I still write the songs myself. (Conor Oberst)
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. View quote
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My favorite rhymes are sort of half-rhymes where you might just get the vowel sound the same, but it's not really a true rhyme. That gives you far more flexibility to capture the feeling you're trying to express. But sometimes it's best not to have any rhyme. View quote
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When you're 16 or 17, I think like most people that age, the first time you experience certain things in life, whether it's heartbreak or death or love, obviously it's going to seem like a much bigger deal. View quote
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I think we should be pushing for amnesty and a path to citizenship for every undocumented person residing in the United States who has not committed a violent crime, with a special emphasis on keeping families together. View quote
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