"My dad, who plays guitar and piano and was in cover bands, along with my older brother, Matt, taught me guitar and stuff. I started writing acoustic songs and playing by myself in 7th grade."
Conor Oberst

"I always have trouble explaining that, why all the songs are either scary or sad, but it’s just the way it happens. I try to keep as much of the writing process an impulse."
Conor Oberst

"All of our friends have been playing together in bands and hanging out for years and years and years,"
Conor Oberst

"I actually started playing when I was 10 or 11 and writing when I was 12 or 13,"
Conor Oberst

"At the time, I was generally pleased at what I was doing. Now, I look back and they're laughable."
Conor Oberst

"It became this joke of how much money we could pilfer from this record label. They bought us a van and sent us on these tours. They had all this money and didn't know how to run a record label."
Conor Oberst