I'm barely at home enough to enjoy the simple lifestyle that I want to live. Justin Vernon More Quotes by Justin Vernon More Quotes From Justin Vernon For the most part, I've been influenced by black singers and singers I couldn't sound like. Whenever I tried to do a dark note or a bent note, I would just sound like Hootie And The Blowfish. Justin Vernon likeblacksounddark I know too many musicians that have to tour on the same 10 songs, and they burn out. They get back to their house, and they have no reason to write new music. They are music'd out. Justin Vernon musiciansburnnewmusic I kind of miss writing songs the way that I used to write songs, in the sense that I would just sit down, and all these words that told a story would come out. There's one Bon Iver song called 'Blood Bank' that is more representative of an older lineage of songs, which I like and I sort of miss. But it just doesn't happen anymore for me. Justin Vernon wordsmesongway I'm just happy and proud to be playing music every day. Recognition is really cool, but it can also be kind of scary. Justin Vernon daycoolmusichappy The falsetto stuff, it must be a reaction to the black gospel singers that I really enjoy listening to. Justin Vernon reactionenjoyblacklistening Those old Appalachian singers use a falsetto sometimes. They can change their voices to sound high or low or really scratchy. When you're singing, usually you're trying to express some kind of pain or joy. I think that voice allows me to do a lot more of that. Justin Vernon meyoupainchange
