- "Well, if you die... that's a bummer..."
- When Conor was aked "How drunk is too drunk?"
- "Don't listen, just leave."
- A response to an audience member who cried out, "Don't play, just drink." at a concert in New Hampshire, November 2005.
- "I can almost listen to a whole Justin Timberlake song without cringing. I do get a bit bummed out when it comes to Ashlee Simpson though."
- When asked his opinion on current popular music artists
- "You don't even know me."
- In response to an audience member who screamed, "I love you, Conor!" at a concert in Philadelphia.
- "This next song is about train hopping. I don't know if there are any hobos in the audience..."
- Before singing "If the Brakeman Turns My Way", live in Ferrara, Italy.
- "This song is about waking up from a really, really long nightmare."
- Before Singing "First day of my life" in London.
- "We're all a little broken. We're all a little twisted. We're all less than we could be or want to be."
- "When it rains it pours, they say. My guess is that its those damned English terrorists with their weather machine, trying to ruin our fun."
- After the roof of the tent collapsed and Oberst was drenched with the collected rainwater. Oxegen Festival, Dublin, July 2007.
- "I think your Mom is out front to pick you up."
- A reply to a young girl who asked 'Is Kirsten Dunst in the audience?'. At a show that Kirsten Dunst was attending.
- The whole ideology of indie rock doesn't hold any water anymore; it's not that clear-cut. Every time we sell a record, Time Warner gets a dime from our distributor. I already give a ridiculous amount of my income to the United States government, which is probably the most evil organization on the planet as far as killing people; I don't know how many bombs I've purchased with my tax dollars. Unless you're gonna live on a mountain somewhere, you're not gonna be free of the modern world and all the evils that go with it. What you can do is operate with intelligence and be compassionate, help people when you can. Do things not just for money, but for the craft of it."
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