The falsetto stuff, it must be a reaction to the black gospel singers that I really enjoy listening to. Justin Vernon More Quotes by Justin Vernon More Quotes From Justin Vernon I'm not with anybody, I don't have time for dating. Not to get too personal, but it's weirdly harder to meet new people now. But for the first time in my life since I was a little kid, I'm not so concerned about it. Justin Vernon datingkidspeople What happens between people is so misunderstood even between the people who are having the sex. Justin Vernon misunderstoodsexpeople Every band sells t-shirts and plays certain auditoriums, but I'm sick of being like everyone else, because I'm not. Justin Vernon bandsickplay I don't want the big flashing lights and red carpet, like, "Here comes another Bon Iver album!" I just want it to be my bedroom-y thing. But that'll take a while to figure out. Justin Vernon albumslightwant With all the touring and distractions going on, I would get a sound together but I wouldn't have time to work on it. So I sat on the road with the sketches and saw how they revealed themselves emotionally. Justin Vernon sawssoundtogether It's dangerous when music gets cornered by anything. Justin Vernon cornereddangerous The songs started as a soundscapes, and then came the words and music; each song took at least a year to make. Justin Vernon words-and-musicsongyears I don't find inspiration by just sitting down with a guitar anymore. I lost that. I started being so interested in other kinds of music. Justin Vernon sitting-downguitarinspiration Apple is not thinking different anymore, they are getting worse by the day. They've become bottom-dollar and you can see that transition easily. Justin Vernon applestransitionthinking The whole point of being happy is not feeling like you have a job. I'm sure there are days where you're at your job and you're like, "Oh my god, this is hard." Justin Vernon like-youfeelingsjobs I could be worried about it if I had the wrong attitude. I don't think that I want my life and my daily occurrences to influence the direction. I don't want my daily life or my happiness to be a direct influence on music or my sadness. Justin Vernon sadnessattitudethinking People gather details and comparisons but it doesn't really bother me or land on me of any sort. I don't know if I was... Maybe I was influenced by them, maybe I wasn't, but I don't know. I was probably influenced by everything I've heard. So it doesn't bother me at all, but it doesn't sway me either. Justin Vernon detailslandpeople And it's been a process of digging through the songs and trying to make them born on stage again. I think they are very different. I think they come off very differently. I think they come off, I don't know if it's masculine or outward, extroverted than introverted. I didn't know. It's just been a process. Justin Vernon songtryingthinking I'm catching up. I'm satisfied with the show. I think I want to get better and better and keep building. It took a while to figure out how to do it. I didn't know how it was gonna go. I was just like, "I better book a show and just see what happens." Justin Vernon get-betterbookthinking I don't feel anything about it. I really like "Staring at the Sun" - I like that song a lot. I haven't heard a lot of their records, but I know that they're cool. I know that the people who listen to them are really awesome and I like those people, so I know that I would like the band, I just don't own their records. Justin Vernon bandsongpeople I love touring, I love making records, but eventually all I want...I want to score. I want people to ask me to score their film or use my songs in cinematic ways. I think the ultimate media is a story that you can watch and feel and have a musical moment to. I think it's my favorite. I love watching something when music is creating motion within the motion. Justin Vernon mediasongthinking Licensing is how indie rock people make a living these days, so whatever about that. But I want good films and good placement for the songs because I want to be exclusive. I don't want to just sign it away because I don't want songs to lose meaning, but I'm also...I don't care [that] Wilco sold songs to Volkswagen. That's great. They probably drive Volkswagens. Justin Vernon indie-rockrockssong Real person. real name. I won't divulge too much, but it's not a fake name. And it's not a fake person. I guess that's the best answer I can say: It's not a fake name and it's not a fake person. But it's not her real name and it's not a real person either. Justin Vernon fakerealnames If it wasn't for this person's privacy, I'd be able to talk pretty freely about this subject on a personal level. The record's about not her. It's about my struggles through years of dealing with the aftermath of lost love and longing and just mediocrity and just bad news, like life stuff. And in the [record], where the title comes from, the lyrics are actually a conversation between me and another girl, not this Emma character. Justin Vernon lost-lovegirlstruggle I feel like this thing [that] we're rocking back and forth like we're stuck in a snow bank and we all sort of know it. I feel like people are getting less and less pretentious and less and less hip - hopefully. Justin Vernon hipssnowpeople
