Time is lord of thee: Thy wealth, thy glory, and thy name are his.
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.
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. "
What a unique opportunity to be in town. I love townies. I value it, so to speak.
Every band sells t-shirts and plays certain auditoriums, but I'm sick of being like everyone else, because I'm not.
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.
I'm trying to think about stuff like that: How can a show not be just a whining guy with a guitar.
It is very difficult to be like the other guy, to be ordinary. Mediocrity takes a great deal of energy. But to be ourselves is very easy. You don't have to do a thing.
A good huntress respected her partners instincts, even if he was socially ignorant.
There will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs love their children more than they hate Israel.
Come on, don't you ever stop and smell the coffee?