I think The Sunset Tree is really the album on which I really learned to trust other musicians, which is so important. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I do have a romantic interest in outlasting everybody else. There's a sort of sad machismo to singer-songwriters, I think. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
The studio's a collaborative environment. I just try to let people bring their own ideas to the songs and see what happens. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
People want you to play the songs they know. I try not to reflect too much, and I don't really like to… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I crave music that'll sort of hurtle me into space and release me up there. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
A bands first albums usually not great. When you made the first album, you had a day job and you were still… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I suspect by the time the Beatles were writing the White Album, they didn't go, "'I Wanna Hold Your Hand!' I wanna… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
In death metal, a lot of guys are Eddie Van Halen disciples, but they take his style to really expressionistic places. It's… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I don't like to say, "Oh, I don't like this kind of music." I like to listen to it and try to… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I consider myself a lyricist first and foremost, but if you get something else out of what I do, that's fine too.… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I usually kind of can't wait until my records leak. Back in the day, you could give people tapes, but you can't… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
Music is a permanent art, it will always go through phases where you like it and are in tune with it, but… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
If my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
The only people who are afraid of file sharing are the people whose albums are so dull presentation-wise that nobody cares about… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I think taking too long to work on a record you sort of lose some of the feeling, so I write as… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
As important as politics are to me, the life and the spirit of people's emotions are much more important. People live real… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
People don't tend to notice, but in the past 10 years especially there's been a lot of growth in how I write… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
If my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I don't write my own publicity materials, I just read 'em and give 'em the OK. — John Darnielle Copy Share
“But secret agents, like God, only give signs to their confidants. They are also very cruel and even unhappy at times. At any rate,… — John Darnielle Copy Share
“I am heavy in his arms, and I feel safe there, but I am lost, and I need constantly to be shoring up the… — John Darnielle Copy Share
The more I learn about stuff the more conscious I become of grave gaps in my knowledge. — John Darnielle Copy Share
If you get into a fight and somebody punches you, you get two feelings. One: That really hurts. Two: That relief in the realness… — John Darnielle Copy Share
When I was a kid, I was a big science fiction fan, but current horror books were harder to get your hands on. — John Darnielle Copy Share
It's impossible to be content all the time - you have to learn to be content in places where you're unhappy and owning your… — John Darnielle Copy Share
“It's in the nature of the landscape to change, and it's in the nature of people to help the process along...” — John Darnielle Copy Share
Everybody is in various states of needing to transcend something. I believe in mental health care, but when we call people "crazy," we exclude… — John Darnielle Copy Share
“But resiliency only means that a thing retains its shape. That it doesn’t break, or lose its ability to function. It doesn’t mean a… — John Darnielle Copy Share
“One thing I’ve learned is it’s better sometimes, in the weeds, to resist the temptation to stand up and follow the compass. *” — John Darnielle Copy Share
People always talk about good time rock and roll, Chuck Berry or whatever, like this liberating force for feeling good. But what I need… — John Darnielle Copy Share
It's hard always to say what it is one likes about a place, for me. I feel it. — John Darnielle Copy Share
“Another nagging little question lodged like a bit of grapeshot in his chest. It was nothing major, but the place where he stored them… — John Darnielle Copy Share
I'm not really a goal-oriented guy. I started doing the Mountain Goats just for the sheer hell of it. — John Darnielle Copy Share
