Life is always surprising to me. When you think it's going to get dull, it never really does.
Conor OberstI've been part of running a label since I was a kid, so I understand how it works. But the more and more I learn about it, the less and less interested I am in it.
Conor OberstJoe Arpaio needs no help from me getting attention. For years he has been a beacon of bigotry and intolerance for all the world to see. The list of human and civil-rights abuses heโs committed in Maricopa County is long and well documented.
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 OberstI liked the idea of having a record that's reggae-influenced but not musically, just lyrically. I 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. Which I suppose is at the root of most any religion. You're gonna find it, if taken in the right context.
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