You want the song to be at least at the same level of goodness throughout. Whereas with something you're doing live, a song dips and rises and that can actually be worked to the song's benefit. John Darnielle benefitdipgoodness Change image and share on social
I think all writing is necessarily autobiographical to a greater or lesser extent, and the less it tries to be confessional, the more likely it is that you're somehow sneaking the things you need to say in there. John Darnielle autobiographicalconfessionalextent share on social
My father would tell me if I wasn't writing in meter verse, it wasn't poetry. John Darnielle fathermeterpoetry Change image and share on social
It's not my style to be thinking about what a record is while I'm making it: I just write songs. John Darnielle makerecordsong Change image and share on social
As an idea occurs to me, I'll either follow it or not, but I'm more instinctive than master-planner about stuff. John Darnielle followideainstinctive Change image and share on social
The more established you are, the less likely you are to do something ridiculous, which is one reason I'm proud to put out a wrestling album. If you stop and you go, 'Well, what if people don't like it?,' if you're already established in what you do, that'll strike fear into your heart. John Darnielle albumestablishfear 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
When I'm writing a song, I'm just making stuff up as I go along. John Darnielle makesongstuff Change image and share on social
The better I get at writing songs, the harder it seems to be to relate to people. But when I get on stage, I'm extremely happy. John Darnielle extremelyhappyhard Change image and share on social
Back in the '90s, if you did mail order in music, you could make a good living doing it if you could hustle. John Darnielle 90sbackgood Change image and share on social