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

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Justin Vernon
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: April 30
Guitarist
Multi-Instrumentalist
Record Producer
Singer-Songwriter
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
Justin DeYarmond Edison Vernon
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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.
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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.
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I can't see myself - I'm not really looking so far ahead in the future. I know that I kind of need to live in the country even though I'm not - my house isn't in the country right now. I bought a house, like a really tiny, cheap house in Wisconsin.
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The easiest thing to feel is sadness.
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I'm super happy to see the record doing its thing and for people to like it, but for me, I had a great victory just as a person. I overstepped countless obstacles by creating that record. And the record's a metaphor for the personal steps I [took] throughout the past year.
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As a fan of Kanye West, working with him is insane.
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The songs started as a soundscapes, and then came the words and music each song took at least a year to make.
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I'm trying to think about stuff like that: How can a show not be just a whining guy with a guitar.
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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.
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The weird thing is I feel like I'm shedding skin so fast and I'm growing and I'm becoming a new person so quickly at a rate that I'm comfortable with, yet it seems faster and more steady than an other time in my life except 16, 17, 18. I just have to sit down and listen to the ideas I'm having. And I'm not worried.
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I could be worried about it if I had the wrong attitude. I don't think that I want my life and my daily occurrences to influence the direction. I don't want my daily life or my happiness to be a direct influence on music or my sadness.
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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.
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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.
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Our lives feel like these epochs, but really we are dust in the wind.
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Oftentimes I’ll just overflow, and then I’ll need to spend a week alone and not talk to anybody or call anybody.
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A lot of people change their band names because they're looking for a change of atmosphere.
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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.
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You never have to be scared to look to the future for opportunity.
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Indie rock is just as susceptible - if not more susceptible - to all the gross things about people becoming total ass clowns in music, and only worrying about money and image. I'm not interested in being a part of that.
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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.
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