Conor Oberst Quotes

I can't control what people think of me, and I stopped really caring a long time ago.

I can't control if people like me; I can't control if people like my game.

What people think of me and my playing is up to them, not me.

Consider what people think of you, but don't be afraid of what people think of you.

The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.

I'm worried about looking like a bad person when, in fact, I try to be a good person. I don't like the public image that I've been dressed with and it worries me.

There are about 20 people in my life that I want to love me, and none of them are the 'Daily Mail.'

I don't really care what other people see me as. I seriously don't. I've always worried about what my opinion of myself is. And I've always thought that it carries most weight. So I don't care what other people's opinion of me is or how they view whatever I've said or done.

We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure.

Any description of a person that comes from the outside is very hard to deal with. People don't like being summarised. It's nice to receive a compliment, but it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable.

I used to hate getting dressed, getting in front of the camera and walking down the red carpet. It bothered me because I felt like I couldn't be what they wanted me to be. Now it's still not my favorite thing, but I get through it a lot easier because I know that my work brings value to who I am.

I don't mind being ridiculed - well, I guess I would mind a little, but it would only last a few minutes - it's all very ephemeral; it doesn't really matter what people think of me.

Many people have this image of me. For a long time, I cared about that.

I'm not that interested in what people make of it, or how people consider me. That's nothing to do with me.

If people hate me they hate me.

The funny thing is, I'm so used to not caring what anyone says, good or bad, that unfortunately even when people say good things... I wish it made me feel good, but it doesn't.

It really doesn't matter to me what people say about me anymore.

I ain't good-lookin', but I'm somebody's angel child.

I don't let it bother me too much if someone doesn't like me. I just figure there's no accounting for taste. It's not me, it's my acting. It's like if someone doesn't like someone's food, they just don't like my acting.

The more people I reach, the more people there are that have opinions about me. Not everyone loves me, but I have to be okay no matter what they think about me.

With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else's ideas about you, but what's important is how you feel about yourself - for survival and living day to day with what comes up.

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am.

Magazines and opinions of you and stuff like that, those will change, but your opinion of yourself does not have to based on what other people say. So I just learned that my inner voice has to be louder than their outside voice.

I don't really see myself as a big supermodel.

It doesn't really matter to me how people see me.