April, 2007
- Interviewer: (Are the rumours) true that you're being a good kid now?
- Conor Oberst: I'd like to say I was sober, but I...
- Interviewer: Soberer?
- Conor Oberst: Yeah. I came to a point where the hangovers weren't worth the fun I was having or the escape or the joy or sensual pleasure or whatever I was getting out of getting super wasted; it wasn't worth the loneliness and anxiety and all the terrible hangover feelings, so it's all about balance, y'know?
