Top 99 Quotes by John Darnielle

About John Darnielle

These are some quotes by American author John Darnielle Musician, who was born on March 16, 1967.

My songs tend to sprint toward some epiphany and then explode.

My songs tend to sprint toward some epiphany and then explode.

John Darnielle

To me, the only good reason to be touring is if you still have something good to share instead of just revisiting past glories.

To me, the only good reason to be touring is if you still have something good to share instead of just revisiting past glories.

John Darnielle

Most of 'All Hail West Texas' was written during orientation at a new job I had. I had basically worked this job before, I knew this stuff, so I was writing lyrics in the margins of all the Xeroxed material.

John Darnielle

I don't sit down and say I'm going to write a song about this or that. They are never mapped out.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Wrestling is like any form of drama or pretty much any form of entertainment - some people understand this about forms of entertainment really intuitively when they're younger, and others would have to be really not very intelligent for a long time until we realize that every human mood is an art.

John Darnielle

I think I read too much Arthur Conan Doyle when I was young and got this idea that a gentleman should know a lot about one thing and plenty about most everything else.

I think I read too much Arthur Conan Doyle when I was young and got this idea that a gentleman should know a lot about one thing and plenty about most everything else.

John Darnielle

Something I've learned being in this industry for so long is that if you want to work with somebody, call them up. Very few musicians have any illusions about genre boundaries. They are useful descriptive terms, but they don't really bind musicians.

John Darnielle

At 23, you can completely, literally reinvent yourself if you want to.

At 23, you can completely, literally reinvent yourself if you want to.

John Darnielle

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