I watched 'Fame,' and I just love the choreography. It just gives me a place to be in another zone. John Darnielle choreographyfamelove Change image and share on social
Metal has its own code of cool, but it's not really trying to be cool. And that was very refreshing to me, that metal is very much about expressing something that seems awesome to you even if, at the time, much of the world was going to mock and reject it. John Darnielle awesomecodecool 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
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
'Heel Turn 2' is about a person who's in a match, and he's playing as though the match were real. But it is real! If you're standing in the middle of a ring, and you're playing the villain, and everyone is booing and throwing things at you, that's real. John Darnielle booheelmatch share on social
For years, I've written narrators who aren't gender-identified. When I do autobiographical stuff, that's different, obviously. But I've always tried to keep my songs as potentially not a man's thing. John Darnielle autobiographicalgenderhave Change image and share on social
Adulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I don't feel everybody can connect to. John Darnielle adultadulthoodconnect Change image and share on social
People like to say how much they like stuff, but with 'The Sunset Tree,' people shared stories about what it meant for them. And that stuff's so humbling and amazing. John Darnielle amazehumblemean Change image and share on social
For me, fiction isn't very cathartic. It can be a broad, long catharsis, but it's a whole different thing - whereas music is physical. Essentially, it goes in through your ear. Fiction is cerebral, necessarily. It can do emotional stuff. But they don't really compare - not for me. John Darnielle broadcatharsiscathartic share on social
