Iver Quotes & Sayings

Bon Iver: Way too emotionally high stakes for casual listening in the sense that it makes every single part of your life feel like the part of a TV show where you are in a hospital saying goodbye for the very last time — Jesse Andrews

I'm really honored that Bon Iver gives me a platform to do whatever I want, but there's only so much time you can spend digging through yourself before you become insular. I'm not in a hurry to go back to that temperature. — Justin Vernon

Emma is not a person; Emma is a place that you get stuck in; Emma is a pain that you cannot erase. — Justin Vernon

Understand one single day fully, so you can love every night. — Federico Garcia Lorca

You're damn right when you say I've shown people how to make a firebomb, I've done my time for my crimes, and I should be able to talk about them. — Rod Coronado

Every place I go, I take another place with me. — Bon Iver

At the time of Caliph Omar's invasion of Egypt, the Arab officer on duty in the destruction of the library of Alexandria used two stamps with which he marked the books. One said: 'Does not agree with the Koran - heretic, must be burned'. The other said: 'Agrees with the Koran - superfluous, must be burned'. — Nils Kjaer

My varying pairs of legs can be quite practical or quite impractical, and I don't judge them either way. Some are for getting around a 12-hour day, pounding the pavement, and some are to feel like I can transform my own body into a workable, changing piece of art. — Aimee Mullins

There's a large opportunity for Bon Iver to be a special thing, even from a business standpoint - just trying to do cooler things. Every band sells t-shirts and plays certain auditoriums, but I'm sick of being like everyone else, because I'm not. — Justin Vernon

I can pour myself into Bon Iver. It's a thing about self- and mental discovery, and those are all important things. But it's not 148-shows-over-a-year-and-a-half important, though. It's a machine, and it's money, and you just get put on this indie rock cart, and it's embarrassing. — Justin Vernon

That's what I like about Frank Ocean or Bon Iver - they try to capture a feeling in the most sincere way. — Todd Rundgren

I've heard that Bon Iver liked my cover of 'Skinny Love.' — Birdy

I kind of miss writing songs the way that I used to write songs, in the sense that I would just sit down, and all these words that told a story would come out. There's one Bon Iver song called 'Blood Bank' that is more representative of an older lineage of songs, which I like and I sort of miss. But it just doesn't happen anymore for me. — Justin Vernon

The only way to go on holiday is with your expectations at ground level. Convince yourself before you go that the weather's going to be dreadful and there will be nylon sheets. You'll then be pleasantly surprised. — Jenny Eclair

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. — Justin Vernon

When you sign with a major label there is no guarantee that they are going to release it either unless you have a guarantee clause or a marketing clause. — Michael Sweet

The God that we commonly know may be less sinister than the true God that we don't know for sure. — Toba Beta

The Christian state," said St. Cornelius, "is not without serious inconveniences for a penguin. In it the birds are obliged to work out their own salvation. How can they succeed? The habits of birds are, in many points, contrary to the commandments of the Church, and the penguins have no reason for changing theirs. I mean that they are not intelligent enough to give up their present habits and assume better. — Anatole France

Honestly, before I settled on a name for the Bon Iver project in general, Chigliak was in the running for what I was going to name the band. — Justin Vernon

Let firm, well hammer'd soles protect thy feet Through freezing snows, and rains, and soaking sleet; Should the big last extend the shoe too wide, Each stone will wrench the unwary step aside; The sudden turn may stretch the swelling vein, The cracking joint unhinge, or ankle sprain; And when too short the modish shoes are worn, You'll judge the seasons by your shooting corn. — John Gay

And in so doing, mayhap we reshaped the gods themselves. Now that was a thought made me shudder to the bone. I wondered if it were true, and if it were, what would happen when some deity bent out of true by mortal ambition returned to set the record straight. — Jacqueline Carey

I was by myself for a pretty long time. I needed to do that. I think everyone that I know has wanted to do that or needed to do that at some point. I think when you spend enough time when it's quiet around you and you don't open your mouth for three or four days, there's parts of your brain that can kind of rest. I think when we're out in the world and we have to talk to people, we edit ourselves. You know, we have to like, act a little bit. As honest as we may be as humans, when we're out here, we're all kind of wearing mirrors on our faces. You know, constantly reacting to how to react to the people around you. And I think when you're alone for a long enough time, you can feel a lot more peace. — Justin Vernon

I told you to be patient, I told you to be fine, I told you to be balanced and I told you to be kind. Now all your love is wasted? Then who the hell was I? — Bon Iver

For it is possible for a man to be faithful and lazy at the same time. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

My plan was to release a tape, move to Arkansas, live on a farm, and make music like Bon Iver. — Shamir

I'm in love with your honour.
I'm in love with your cheeks. — Bon Iver

Don't ever give up on yourself. Keep pushing because the change of guards is what life's all about. You've always got to stick with whatever you're into because you're day is going to come. You're day is destined. If you walk away from that, whether it be from fear or whether you're just giving up. The greatest sin is fear and giving up. — Nas

I've never spoken to Bon Iver, but I would love to. I'm a huge fan! — Birdy

I really have to be in a specific headspace to even begin to illuminate an idea that would create another Bon Iver record, and I'm just not there. — Justin Vernon