Conor: I have friends or loved ones who are worried about me and concerned with how I'm doing and I'm very thankful for that. But when you get into a bunch of other people that don't really know you and start guessing what you're about from your songs, it gets aggravating. Because, although the songs are a lot to do with me, it's a song, not an autobiography.
Conor: Even as a kid I always could remember lyrics and melodies. I could hear a song once and I immediately knew all the words. For some reason I've always been good at memorising songs and it's the one thing I have an endless amount of space for in my head.
Conor (about Mike): He's become a new person in probably less than a year! He's real wound up, real tight. He's like a ball of nerves but like if you hang out with me long enough you just relax. I've taught him to relax.
Conor: You don't want it to be a completely cold reality. You want life to make sense. I believe in God. I just don't know if it's a personal thing, where it's a God who gives a shit about me. But it has to go beyond this.
At the PLUG Independent Music Awards, Bright Eyes won Artist of the Year and Song of the Year award for "When the President Talks to God".
On November 9, 2005, Bright Eyes cancelled their show in St. Louis, after discovering that the venue was associated with Clear Channel, against whom Bright Eyes are actively protesting.
Conor Oberst sang numerous duets with Springsteen and Neil Young.
Conor Oberst, Bright Eyes' front-man, started his own music label called "Team Love."
Albums: * A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997 (1998) * Letting Off the Happiness (1998) * Fevers & Mirrors (2000) * Lifted or The Story Is In The Soil Keep Your Ear To The Ground (2002) * A Christmas Album (2002) - internet only release * I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005) * Digital Ash in Digital Urn (2005) * Noise Floor(Rarities 1998-2005) (2006) * Cassadaga (due in April, 2007)
Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis are the only permanent members.
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