Justin Vernon Quotes

There's a lot of music that I don't like.

Everybody always wants to rebel against their parents' music, but nobody listened to music louder than my dad.

Just as the best way to judge an adult is by his or her record collection, the best way to judge a pub is by the albums on its jukebox.

I like all music. The only music I don't like is bad music.

Everyone one-on-one will be completely honest about the music that they listen to. But then you get into a group situation, and then it's the cool/uncool debate. I have really done my very best to reinforce the very fact that your heart knows better than your head does what you like when it comes to music and what not.

I didn't know much about him, and I wasn't a big country music fan. I listened to the Beatles and David Bowie, so I didn't know a lot about him.

There are a few countries that, for whatever reason, really enjoy listening to my music.

I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid.

The kind of music I like depends very much on my mood.

My favorite songs change every year.

Y'know, I don't like jazz much. I'll put it on once in a while and listen, and I'll appreciate it.

I do understand that not everyone is going to sit and listen to an Enya album. When someone says it's not their cup of tea, it's not their kind of album, that's fine by me.

I love pop music, but I don't want to be Celine Dion.

I guess I'm a real fan of older music, and that's what shaped my taste and the way I sing.

I think people who just know me from my band think I don't like pop music. The truth is I love pop music.

We loved country songs in New Order. That's our big secret!

I don't ever really feel guilty about music, quite frankly. When you're younger, you think that anything you don't like, you have to hate. I'm so far beyond that perspective. Although, I will say I resent Bruno Mars for making me like him as much as I do. I wish that he wasn't so likeable.

I'm super particular with my music.

So many young kids are fickle when it comes to music. There comes a time when you're not cool again.

If you like it live, you know that you're probably going to like the record, usually.

Everybody is always raving about the Rolling Stones, saying, 'The Stones this, and the Stones that.' I've never cared for the Stones. They never had anything to offer me musically, especially in the drumming department.

I'm not gonna sit back and listen to somebody who listens to 3LW all day.

I'm spiritual, too, but 'Gitty Up' is a great song, know what I mean?

My parents were always playing records: My mom was really into the Beatles and Fleetwood Mac, and my dad was more Billy Squire, Whitesnake, '80s hair metal. But I think there's that crucial point where you become an adolescent and you don't want to listen to your parents' music.

Basically, I listen to voices. If they write good songs and they can sing, I'll probably like it.