148 Quotes by Justin Vernon

It makes sense that that’s part of the story and everything, but that’s part of any story of any record – where was it record and how long and what were the people doing. I think people want to know where these events are made. That’s why I like the word “record.”

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

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

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.

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 find inspiration by just sitting down with a guitar anymore. I lost that. I started being so interested in other kinds of music.

I do think that our culture or our psyche as a country I guess, the world or whatever, we’re due for a huge event. We’re due for a little bit of a revolution or a spotlight or a movement. Something that feels large, something that feels like the 60s. Some sort of unification.