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" The way my life's structured, I don't stay in a place for more than a couple months. "
Conor Oberst
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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. "
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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. "
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Know
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" I always embrace the worst-case scenario. "
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" Sometimes I daydream about having a farm and a wife and some babies and watching the grass grow, but you have to meet the right person for that. "
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" It's human nature to wonder. "
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" When I started writing songs, I was doing it for myself and a small circle of friends. And gradually, over the years, an audience became involved. "
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" There's all body types, but there's just one size. "
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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.' "
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Thought
Think
" Why are you scared to dream of god when it's salvation that you want? "
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" The first music I ever got into was the '80s alternative bands that my brother listened to, like The Cure and The Smiths and R.E.M. and Fugazi. I can remember specifically saying The Cure was my favorite band back in second grade. "
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Remember
" I really just want to be warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love. "
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" The worst thing you can do as an artist is to repeat yourself. "
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You
" I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's a real thing. "
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Know
" Considering our history, I can think of nothing more American than an immigrant. "
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" I'll never understand how destroying families through deportation benefits our society. How we treat the undocumented says a great deal about us as a people and whether or not we'll continue to fulfill the fundamental American promise of equality and opportunity for all. "
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People
Society
Opportunity
" 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. "
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Path
Citizenship
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" I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone. "
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Secrets
Audience
Eyes
" The only thing major labels can really offer is money. "
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" I used to work at a school as a teacher's assistant, and my mom is a principal at an elementary school. I don't know, I think that's a pretty good life, teaching kids. "
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Work
Mom
" To finish a song is the best feeling in the world. "
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Feeling
Best
World
" I'll write about myself, or people I know, or archetypal characters, but the goal is to get at some truth, not to necessarily convey my own experience as an individual to the world. "
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Truth
World
People
" 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. "
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Ideas
Look
Beautiful
" It seems like everything I do musically I tend to lose a few fans and gain a few fans, and it all kind of evens out. "
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Lose
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" One of my favorite modern American authors is Denis Johnson. I'm deeply inspired by all of his work - I rip him off constantly. "
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Off
Work
Rip
" 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. "
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Learn
Understand
" 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. "
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Love
" 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. "
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Attention
Down
Eyes
" 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. "
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People
Mind
" 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. "
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Reach
Feel
Me
" 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. "
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