There's no way anyone's going to understand my own personal experiences, where the songs came from, because they're mine. But I was very conscious of…

- Conor O'Brien

It took a little time to get where I wanted. It took a little time to get free. It took a little time to be honest. It took a little time to be me.

- Conor O'Brien

When I am recording on my own, it's like an oil painting: I can put that on top of that and build up layers. But with the band, it turned out more wa…

- Conor O'Brien

I think for me, the only depressing music is music that doesn't give credence to those kinds of feelings, music that's just written for money or comm…

- Conor O'Brien

America's a funny place. Every time I've come over it just feels absolutely gigantic and massive. I've always had good shows there, but I just go and…

- Conor O'Brien

I think the trick is that you have to change how you take stuff in. Maybe the early beginnings of a song come out in a subconscious way, but then you…

- Conor O'Brien

If you're writing a song about a relationship ending, what you're really doing is honoring how much that person meant to you.

- Conor O'Brien

I just think I'm a narcissist, really! I guess when I write albums, they take a huge amount of time out of my life and I'm aware of not using the sam…

- Conor O'Brien