On the way [to L.A.] Thursday night, I was thinking, “Holy shit, what am I going to say if I win? And I had this thought: Whenever I first had the idea for whatever Bon Iver is, it wasn’t supposed to be about me. If anything, it succeeds because I’m not making it about me. Some of the songs may be about personal trips, but the idea is to get something out there, out in front of you, so it can start to breathe on its own. How can I take credit for that? How can I not scoff at someone trying to give me credit for that? It’s not me trying to be humble or shy. It’s just not about me. If anything has gotten to to me over the past few weeks, it’s that people started to think I was being a baby. It hurt a little bit. It’s been the one time that I’ve felt hurt. They can talk about the cabin, they can make up bullshit about me or the band or mispronounce the name, but I really didn’t like it that people were like, “Man, shut the fuck up.” Because when you print things like they’ve been printed, I’d say shut the fuck up to me, too. I am not going to go up there and make a spectacle. For a lot of people there, the Grammys is a really important thing. I really, really regret coming off like i was disrespecting them.
Justin Vernon on Spin.
3 months ago on February 13, 2012 at 02:40pm
