I got a promo of 'Nichts Muss' in what would have been 2002 or 2003 and fell totally in love with it after listening to it on an airplane that took me to Australia via Taipei and Kuala Lumpur. John Darnielle airplaneaustraliafall Change image and share on social
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 basicallyhailjob share on social
I write for a lot of places, so I'm on a lot of promo lists. John Darnielle listlotplace Change image and share on social
I think 'The Sunset Tree' is really the album on which I really learned to trust other musicians, which is so important. John Darnielle albumimportantlearn Change image and share on social
I try not to write songs in which men glamorize their own need for approval from women. That's kinda a bogus way to go out. But I try to do this quietly. I'm not about to go around telling people how they should or shouldn't think. My feminism is for me. John Darnielle approvalbogusfeminism share on social
It usually happens that I have multiple different projects going on at once, and one can be referencing the other. John Darnielle multipleprojectreference Change image and share on social
I think, taking too long to work on a record, you sort of lose some of the feeling, so I write as fast as I can; it's just this manic phase where I'm by myself and or on tour, and I write, and I write. John Darnielle fastfeltlong share on social
I've written a lot about southern California, but I don't use the same characters. Leave the people in the songs in the songs, is my philosophy. John Darnielle californiacharacterhave Change image and share on social
A book is a journey: It's a thing you agree to go on with somebody, and I think every reader's experience of a book is going to be different. John Darnielle agreebookexperience Change image and share on social
I pretty much just focus on making the records - unless I'm self-releasing them; then I do my own thing. But at some point, you have to stop worrying about chains of distribution, or it takes out of your time to write. John Darnielle chaindistributionfocus share on social
