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Justin Vernon Biography

Justin DeYarmond Edison Vernon (born April 30, 1981) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and producer. He is best known as the primary songwriter and frontman of indie folk band Bon Iver. Vernon is also a member of the bands Volcano Choir, The Shouting Matches and Gayngs, and was a member of the now-defunct band DeYarmond Edison.

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

Mind, Woods, Building, Down

My favorite idea is doing an all-night tent show starring my friend's band Marijuana Deathsquads, where everyone would wear super-loud headphones, and there would be tons of subs and lights. It'd be really dope.

Dope, Everyone, Idea, Marijuana, Night, Wear

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.

Dating, Harder, Kids, People, Time

I think I've always been aware of it with my music. I think growing up basically and having a lot to deal with and just slowing down and having something to say and something to retract from, I think I just knew that what I was doing was extremely honest.

Down, Down And, Growing Up, Music, Retract, Thinking

I don't know, it's dorky. Just like quotes and stuff. Something I want to see everyday or something I want to be there. I don't know. I can put a hole in the wall if I want. It's mine. It's very simple. It's a very tiny house, but I can do whatever I want to. I can rip up the terrible vinyl floor and recycle it. Just create a good space. A quiet place to be.

Floor, Know, Like, Rip, Simple, Wall

I won't forget those kind of things, but I just want to write them down and look at them. It's almost like when things like music come out and you're listening to a song and you have experiences with art or phenomena that supersede your simple relationship with them as just a piece of art. They're more than that. That's just what those quote are for me. They're big, they're important.

Art, Come, Experiences, Song, Writing

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.

Able, Bringing, Self, Should, Whole

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?

Cool, Mean, People, Self

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.

Hard, Partner, Partners, People, Treat, Treats

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

Fan, Fans, Insane, Kanye, West

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

Opportunity, Townies, Towns, Unique

Moving is what the deal is. I wish I could spend more time in places, but I find I either want to be in a place for an afternoon or like 10 days or a month. I don't like the two-day thing, so I just wish the drives were shorter so you could wake up, take a walk, and spend three hours in one part of the town. I always thought there should be 28 or 30 hours in a day - you know what I mean?

Mean, Moving, Take, Time, Two

I don't want to get myself in trouble - and I don't think I'm super important or anything - but I think it's so funny that when you look at the business and the way that people make decisions in their lives, whether they're in art or music or they're in industry, they forget that being unique is the answer.

Art, Look, Music, People, Thinking, Unique

A lot of people are like, "How are you going to re-do it?" I'm not worried about what people are going to say because you know people are gonna be like, "It doesn't sound like this. . . It sounds like this. " I'm just going to make music that I know I'm supposed to make.

People, Sound, Sounds, Worried

We got in after a ten hour drive after sleeping for four hours. I'm not complaining here. I'm really not complaining. Ten hour drive to get here, we unload, we sound check, we get here we take photos, we do this. I haven't eaten anything today. It's like. . . And I'm not even hungry.

Complaining, Eaten, Four, Hours, Sleep, Sound

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.

Feel Good, Kept, Letterman, Opportunity, Skin, Skins

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.

Guitar, Inspiration, Kinds, Music, Sitting, Sitting Down

I think if you feel weird and self-conscious about that kind of stuff - which happened to me at some points - that means your ego is really kicking in. You can understand how people get to be assholes in music business because it's like you're getting pumped full of your own thing so much, you get ungrounded. That's a dangerous place to be.

Full, Mean, Music, People, Thing, Thinking

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

Future, Look, Looks, Opportunity, Scared

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.

Answer, Fake, Name, Names, Real, Say

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