It's dangerous when music gets cornered by anything. Justin Vernon More Quotes by Justin Vernon More Quotes From Justin Vernon I just feel like why spend all my time doing something that makes me unhappy just to spend my time off thinking about how I have to go back to a job. It's such a vicious cycle that people get stuck in. But I'm also very lucky. I can't sit here too eagerly and say all that. Justin Vernon jobspeoplethinking I'm not trying to say something super complicated. I allow myself to say certain things that mean a lot to me. Justin Vernon complicatedtryingmean You’re in a relationship because you need help, but that's not necessarily why you should be in a relationship. And that's skinny. It doesn't have weight. Skinny love doesn't have a chance because it's not nourished. Justin Vernon skinnyweightneeds I began realizing that it wasn't important for me to concern myself with the perception of truth. Justin Vernon realizingperceptionimportant I'm super happy to see the record doing its thing and for people to like it, but for me, I had a great victory just as a person. I overstepped countless obstacles by creating that record. And the record's a metaphor for the personal steps I [took] throughout the past year. Justin Vernon creatingpastyears The reality is, if you're friends with somebody you should be able to be honest with them, and that honesty should be the biggest magnet to truth. Justin Vernon ablehonestyreality I'm trying to be like, "Hey, dude, you're super happy, this is everything you've ever dreamed of - if you don't have somebody to hold hands with right now, everything's going to be OK, bro." Justin Vernon heytryinghands You should be able to have happiness. If you don't have that, then you're not really bringing your whole self to the relationship. Justin Vernon ableshouldself We just met for the first time and David Byrne was like, "Hey, you want to sing on this song?" and I was like, "Yes, I do want to sing on that song." He's the most legendary dude but I wasn't thinking about how he was a legend when rehearsing. I was just thinking, "Wow, this guy really knows what he wants in his music." And that ended up being the vibe, like "Oh, you wanna try that?" "Yeah, that sounds great!" Justin Vernon guysongthinking Even though Wisconsin is the only place I want to be, there was a time when everything felt like it was imploding in my head. It was a whole lot of "me" and it was a little unbearable at times - borderline embarrassing, even. It didn't last long, though, and as soon as I got home everything flooded back. It all boils down to that common denominator of stillness and trying to self-discover - I guess it just feels good when I'm there. Justin Vernon feel-goodhomelong There were a bunch of moments that kept cascading. Like, when we got an opportunity to play "Letterman", it gave us an opportunity to step up. It feels good to shed that skin and rise out of it. Justin Vernon feel-goodskinsopportunity When you write a song about a place, you are writing a song about a place that might be in a hundred years, or a place that has been, or that was - in your imagination. I think that also embodies the American spirit. You are looking for what you can call "a place." Justin Vernon writingsongthinking Irony is based on insecurity; people like to not like things because they don't understand them. Justin Vernon ironyinsecuritypeople You never have to change your scene because you're always comfortable with evolving. Justin Vernon comfortableevolvescene There are decent people that I know who don't know how to treat their partner. It's been built up so hard and so high that people are afraid. Justin Vernon treatspartnerspeople I knew I could never give up on music. Completely devoid of any religious or iconic context, I felt like music was handed down to me - this is what I was going to do. Justin Vernon iconicgiving-upreligious You never have to be scared to look to the future for opportunity. Justin Vernon scaredopportunitylooks A lot of people change their band names because they're looking for a change of atmosphere. Justin Vernon atmospherenamespeople As a fan of Kanye West, working with him is insane. Justin Vernon fansinsanewest I didn't grow up with indie rock - I mean, I listened to bands that are considered indie rock, but I think that term is dead and uninteresting. Justin Vernon growing-upmeanthinking
