Conor Oberst Quotes

The bands that we've found we have something in common with are bands like The National or Tegan And Sara, and I feel like that's because all three of us come from more alternative rock backgrounds.

When my first record came out, it was in the middle of the real Muse, Keane, British thing, and that beat-driven thing wasn't really that cool at the moment.

I love music, particularly Radiohead, TV on the Radio, The XX and Tribes - they're a great new band from Camden and well worth a look at.

I always thought of indie-rock as being rock music by bands that were on independent labels, and that's a great thing.

It's just like music when you reckon it up. It's like listening to Pavement it's just The Fall in 1985, isn't it? They haven't got an original idea in their heads.

I was just a kid in 1987 when I heard of the Pixies, the year after I graduated high school. But I had my band together, and my best friend at the time, Corey Hickock, who was the guitar player in the band that would become STP, Mighty Joe Young, turned me on to the Pixies.

The Strokes are one of my favorite bands... And there's this band called Future Islands that I love.

I'm not an '80s fan. I'm more '70s New York pre-punk kind of thing, and I guess I grew up with '90s grunge, post-punk pop music.

The last time I really got into new music that wasn't heavy metal was probably like... TV on the Radio? I think that was it. That's the last time.

I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

A lot of the music I listen to is indie rock. It's not on the radio.

I absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education.

But, then again, I wouldn't call myself an indie-rock supporter even if there are some really good bands out there and there will always be some real good new bands.

I love 'Wowee Zowee.' That was the first Pavement record I bought.

Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties.

I guess my music taste is pretty predictable: I like new indie rock stuff, older stuff.

Guided By Voices was huge when I was 16. Then I got into the Beatles, then classical music, Beethoven.

I got into alternative rock in the early 80s, bands like Husker Du and The Replacements. Bob Mould's playing was a huge influence. It was very heavy with a lot of open tunings, which was great because I played in trios, so I used open tunings to get a fuller sound.

Authentic rock and roll is a sound that I've always been drawn to with bands like Brand New and Jimmy Eat World.

Sonic Youth is one of my favorite bands.

I love Modest Mouse.

I love PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, Pixies, Portishead, and Massive Attack: a lot of what I would describe as alternative and indie music.

I grew up listening to the alternative rock music from the '90s. Some of my favorite bands included Dinosaur Jr, Guided By Voices, and Cobra Verde.

I think there was a real lane built for indie bands during the time when Chairlift came up.

My favorite band is probably The Cure. We can throw Talking Heads in there too, I listen to them a lot. But The Cure.