I'm just happy and proud to be playing music every day. Recognition is really cool, but it can also be kind of… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
I don't find inspiration by just sitting down with a guitar anymore. I lost that. I started being so interested in other… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
The songs started as a soundscapes, and then came the words and music; each song took at least a year to make. — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
It just didn't seem to fit the story and lineage, I guess. So I just sort of surrounded 'Blood Bank' with three… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
A lot of people are like, "How are you going to re-do it?" I'm not worried about what people are going to… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
When you write a song about a place, you are writing a song about a place that might be in a hundred… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
Some songs, some nights won't do anything for you, but people enjoy them and that's the job. The magic is finding those… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
It was all the things I wanted my music to be, but yet it wasn't grand and it wasn't obtuse - it… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
I love touring, I love making records, but eventually all I want...I want to score. I want people to ask me to… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
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… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
There's a few times in the past when I wrote a song, and I put the words together, and they were very… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
I don't feel anything about it. I really like "Staring at the Sun" - I like that song a lot. I haven't… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
I kind of miss writing songs the way that I used to write songs, in the sense that I would just sit… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
I'd have to think about it, but I was listening to this Johnny Cash song today that Tom Waits wrote for him… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
If I completely understood what was going on and I understood these songs, they wouldn't make sense to play live anymore. They're… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
Licensing is how indie rock people make a living these days, so whatever about that. But I want good films and good… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
We just met for the first time and David Byrne was like, "Hey, you want to sing on this song?" and I… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
And it's been a process of digging through the songs and trying to make them born on stage again. I think they… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
Indie rock is just as susceptible - if not more susceptible - to all the gross things about people becoming total ass… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
I won't forget those kind of things, but I just want to write them down and look at them. It's almost like… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
The songs started as a soundscapes, and then came the words and music; each song took at least a year to make. — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
Irony is based on insecurity; people like to not like things because they don't understand them. — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
I'm barely at home enough to enjoy the simple lifestyle that I want to live. — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
I told myself I never wanted to rent again. Even though it's a battle, I'm lucky cause I'm living in a cheaper part of… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
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… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
I am generalizing, of course, but in hip-hop, it's like you get this shine for using the word "pussy" a billion times, and I… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
I'm really honored that Bon Iver gives me a platform to do whatever I want, but there's only so much time you can spend… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Licensing is how indie rock people make a living these days, so whatever about that. But I want good films and good placement for… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
![“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…” quote by Justin Vernon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/745/justin-vernon-4380_care_licensing-is-how-indie-rock-people-make_317128.jpg)
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