I still get really excited looking at stuff that I've seen every day for 20 years. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
What's scary is the unknown, the stuff you can't put your finger on. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
Adulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I dont feel everybody can connect to. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
From a very young age, I was the kind of kid you can just put anywhere and I'd still find stuff to… — 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
It's easy to follow national politics and weigh in on social media, but if I'm tweeting stuff about Chatham County, no one… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
Our [former] governor [Pat McCrory] was supposed to be a moderate, but he found himself beholden to people who have much more… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
I just started writing stuff to kill time on summer evenings. This is why I'm always telling people who ask me what… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
It makes me envious of anybody who can say truly that they don't care what anybody thinks of what they do, because… — 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
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
People always talk about good time rock and roll, Chuck Berry or whatever, like this liberating force for feeling good. But what… — 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
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