If you show up to work five days in a row, nobody's going to pat you on the back - everyone does that. Well, do that with your writing. Just show up. Be there for it. When you get an idea, write it down somewhere and then be a steward of that idea. John Darnielle backdayidea 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
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
My favorite movies are gory horror films. I love Faulkner. I wanted to see the most painful things possible. John Darnielle faulknerfavoritefilm Change image and share on social
I hang out and sign records for an hour or two hours every night, and I like to hear as many people's stories as I can, because if somebody wants to share their story with me, I want to honor that. John Darnielle hanghearhonor Change image and share on social
I wrote 'Lakeside View Apartment Suites' with Roman in my arms. He was about a month old. I was playing left-handed and finally handed him over. On the demo of it, you can hear him crying in the next room. John Darnielle apartmentarmcry share on social
I write stuff down. I have a chalkboard in the kitchen where I will scrawl stuff down if I have a faint outline of an idea. And I'll go into my office or whatever. But that goes from format to format. John Darnielle chalkboardfaintformat Change image and share on social
My strongest hope is for a cameo as a band playing in a club visited by the detectives on 'Law & Order: SVU' during the course of an investigation, maybe during sound check, or something, so they can force us to stop playing while they question the sound guy. John Darnielle bandcameocheck share on social
I think any real one-sheet for an album would say, 'Well, here's what I've been doing.' And that would be it. John Darnielle albumhavereal Change image and share on social
