We're going to sing about things that matter to us. The balancing act is to present these ideas … - Conor Oberst

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Our Times, a Brief History: As televisions became flatter, People became rounder.

Conor Oberst

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.

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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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The idea of forever is kind of ridiculous, which is unfortunate because its kind of a nice thing to say, you know. I think it softens the blow of mortality and having to say goodbye to everything you know and everyone you love and all that kind of thing.

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You can't manufacture inspiration, so a lot of it is still a waiting game for me. There's still a lot of mystery to songwriting. I don't have a method that I can go back to - they either come or they don't.

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I'm kind of like, "never say never. "

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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.

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