Conor Oberst Quotes

If you're nervous, that means you care and you want to give your best.

When I'm nervous, I know I care about something - you should be nervous about things that you want.

It's natural to get nervous about anything you care about.

I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety.

I'm a very passionate person. I do everything times 10.

I get nervous even guesting on other people's shows.

I'm scared of audiences.

Passion is the motto of all my actions.

I'm nervous whenever I perform.

I was so focused and so driven, there was this fire inside of me that was burning so brightly.

Passion and true passion is actually very unpredictable. It heads in unexpected directions because it's constantly seeking out new challenges. But what's really interesting is that passion ultimately is necessary for sustained extreme performance improvement.

Maybe I've just been incredibly fortunate, but there's a level of dedication, devotion, intensity and seriousness around me every day.

I was really nervous. Even when I left the audition I was nervous.

I have lived my whole life with high intensity.

Once something is a passion, the motivation is there.

Without obsession, life is nothing.

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.

I find theater terrifying. There are no do-overs, you know? It's all happening live. You need to be in it 100 percent at any given moment, and the audience is right there. I'm really intimidated by theater, but it is my first true love. I love theater. I love that anxiety.

I am obsessed with people that are obsessed with what they do.

I never get nervous before a show, but I get nervous when we come to Scotland.

I feel like I've mastered what nervousness is, and simply, nervousness is, fearing the future. Or, I like to put it as, thinking about things that you don't want in the future. Normally, artists may think, 'What if my show doesn't go well?' Boom. That's going to cause nervousness.

Wanting something - wanting a career or wanting to make something - doesn't really mean much. It's about finding something you care about. Because caring is the only thing that really matters.

I'm very intense and passionate about what I do.

If there came a time when we didn't get nervous, that would be worrying, as it'd mean we didn't care as much.