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Multi-instrumentalist

Justin Vernon, born on April 30, 1981, is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist from Minnesota, USA. Known for his influential work in the independent music scene, Vernon is particularly renowned for his work with the project Bon Iver. His unique voice and creative talent have earned him a place among the greats in the music industry.

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“I'm trying to be like, "Hey, dude, you're super happy, this is everything you've ever dreamed of - if you don't have somebody to hold hands with right now, everything's going to be OK, bro."”

Ifs Trying Hands Right Now Hey Holding Hands Bros Super Happy

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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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“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.”

Ifs Should Reality Able Honest Honesty Being Honest Magnet

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“I've stolen music before, I don't know anyone who hasn't. But if you're gonna do that, I want you to be able to have an opportunity to know the real lyrics because I really hate it when people put up wrong lyrics online.”

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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.”

Ifs Should Self Whole Able

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“Life sort of shrinks and you get older, I don't know if I'm going to have time to do all the things and be all the places as I want to be. Wisconsin's really sacred for me, so no matter what happens, where I end up permanently living, I'll be spending weeks and weeks at least of the year, no matter how many years I live, in the northwestern Wisconsin area.”

Ifs Knows Want Years Ends Matter Happens Week Areas No Matter What Sacred Spending Shrinks Wisconsin Northwestern

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“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.”

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“If I completely understood what was going on and I understood these songs, they wouldn't make sense to play live anymore. They're still enigmatic for me. I'm still searching in the songs as they are. That's what's actually been the most fun about playing and touring for me is that there's still a lot of caverns in the songs where you can go and hide out different nights.”

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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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“People gather details and comparisons but it doesn't really bother me or land on me of any sort. I don't know if I was... Maybe I was influenced by them, maybe I wasn't, but I don't know. I was probably influenced by everything I've heard. So it doesn't bother me at all, but it doesn't sway me either.”

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“And it's been a process of digging through the songs and trying to make them born on stage again. I think they are very different. I think they come off very differently. I think they come off, I don't know if it's masculine or outward, extroverted than introverted. I didn't know. It's just been a process.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Trying Different Song Process Born Stage Masculine Digging Introverted

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“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 record's about not her. It's about my struggles through years of dealing with the aftermath of lost love and longing and just mediocrity and just bad news, like life stuff. And in the [record], where the title comes from, the lyrics are actually a conversation between me and another girl, not this Emma character.”

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Born: April 30, 1981
Known for: Multi-instrumentalist
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