Metal isn't necessarily aggressive. There's metal that's contemplative, there's metal that's sad, and there's metal that's exuberant. No genre is limited in what it can express. John Darnielle aggressivecontemplativeexpress Change image and share on social
I don't sit down and say I'm going to write a song about this or that. They are never mapped out. John Darnielle mapsitsong Change image and share on social
A band's first album's usually not great. When you made the first album, you had a day job and you were still trying to be serious about it. John Darnielle albumbandday Change image and share on social
To me, everything is always new. People involved in my personal life make fun of me a lot for not being jaded. John Darnielle funinvolvejade Change image and share on social
I think youth will always be connected to the strongest music at the time because... I don't want to use the word 'tribal,' but there was this sort of familial affiliation that people would feel with the music they were listening to. John Darnielle affiliationconnectfamilial share on social
Opera combines pretty basic theater and poetry, but the storyline itself is actually quite poetic and, after some digital research, taking that actual content and seeing it as undeniably poetic. John Darnielle actualbasiccombine Change image and share on social
I always assumed people wanted to hear me tell stories, but then I had 'The Sunset Tree.' It turned out, my own stories were the ones that registered with people the hardest. John Darnielle assumehardhear Change image and share on social
Once you start talking to people, you find out there's a lot more wrestling fans than you think there are. John Darnielle fanfindlot Change image and share on social
I was a huge comic book fan. It's weird because the era of 'Marvel' I was into turns out to be very important in the long run, but it's not the one that anybody romanticizes. John Darnielle bookcomicera Change image and share on social
Your creativity before it gets formed into words and songs is the actual substance. No one else can see it, right? Unless you give it the shape of a song or a painting or whatever. John Darnielle actualcreativityform Change image and share on social
