Back in the 90s, if you did mail order in music, you could make a good living doing it if you could… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I grew up in Southern California, so the whole concept of a local music history is still kinda novel to me. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
Take dance music: I like enough of it and its history to be able to say a word or two about this… — 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
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
You can get into anything if you are determined. I always thought that with music, too. — 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 crave music that'll sort of hurtle me into space and release me up there. — 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 did a lot of music criticism. I don't think much of it was any good. I think I wanted to show… — 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 always worry that I'm a dilettante: I know something about lots of things but don't have exhaustive knowledge of much. Take… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“That's what it is. That's what my morning was like: all these real physical heavy positive vibrations, the soul of this tape.… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
There are so many ways to respond to music besides feeling like someone's communicating with you. It gives me a charge. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
Giving up and doing something else (nursing, for me) was exactly what eventually led me to making music that other people wanted… — 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
I like a lot of hardcore, but it's just a genre about which I don't have much to say. It's kind of… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
The more I learn about stuff the more conscious I become of grave gaps in my knowledge. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
