Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of my all-time favorite writers. I feel spiritual when reading his words, even though they're translated. I wish desperately that I could read it in its original language. I already feel like I'm going to church when I read him; imagine if I could read it in the original.
Conor OberstI think there's so much about Rasta culture that's interesting. Just the idea of preaching one-ness, that we're all in this together.
Conor OberstRock and roll seems to have had a mellowing in the business where it got harder to sell individual records and make money doing that.
Conor OberstMen with purple hearts carry silver guns and they will kill a man for what his father has done. But what my father did, I don't live it: no, I am not him.
Conor Oberst