Justin Vernon Quotes

The easiest thing to feel is sadness.

Our lives feel like these epochs, but really we are dust in the wind.

But in any situation with long love, I don’t think it ever goes away fully. You just sort of learn where to keep it.

I'm up in the woods, I'm down on my mind. I'm building a still, to slow down the time.

I don't know why you'd spend any of your time trying to remake something that you don't actually like.

There's that whole thing that happens in relationships - you can love someone but, as soon as they stop loving you so unconditionally that they stop being themselves, it can be so dangerous.

At once i knew i was not magnificent.

Even the indie rock world - which is supposed to be about truth and independence from corporate mindfulness or something - is totally subject to the paraphernalia of celebrity.

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.

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.

I'm not trying to say something super complicated. I allow myself to say certain things that mean a lot to me.

I began realizing that it wasn't important for me to concern myself with the perception of truth.

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."

I'm trying to think about stuff like that: How can a show not be just a whining guy with a guitar.

Every band sells t-shirts and plays certain auditoriums, but I'm sick of being like everyone else, because I'm not.

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.

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.

It's dangerous when music gets cornered by anything.

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.

As a fan of Kanye West, working with him is insane.

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.

The songs started as a soundscapes, and then came the words and music; each song took at least a year to make.

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.

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."

I grew up with a good set of values, but it was never too strict. I was always encouraged to be a free-thinking individual.

What a unique opportunity to be in town. I love townies. I value it, so to speak.

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.

Some songs, some nights won't do anything for you, but people enjoy them and that's the job. The magic is finding those places to stand in the song and gain perspective.

Oftentimes I’ll just overflow, and then I’ll need to spend a week alone and not talk to anybody or call anybody.

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.

You never have to be scared to look to the future for opportunity.

Hopefully, most days, you're like, "This is sweet. I wake up and do the things that I do and I'm usually smiling." That's how my dad is with his job.

I've been trying to catch up to it. Just trying to get with it, feel behind it a little bit, but that's good actually, probably. That way, I'm still sort of understanding it.

I think that's all I want in life, just like peace and be able to make music and like have happiness when it's time off. Spend time with people and family, whatever.

The amount of people that I feel like... I'm not being self-demeaning, but I actually feel like I'm not as cool as them, you know what I mean?

I want to be able to write on my walls. I think that's the big thing.

You never have to change your scene because you're always comfortable with evolving.

A lot of people change their band names because they're looking for a change of atmosphere.

Irony is based on insecurity; people like to not like things because they don't understand them.