At 23, you can completely, literally reinvent yourself if you want to. John Darnielle completelyliterallyreinvent Change image and share on social
Your creativity before it gets formed into words and songs is the actual substance. No one else can see it, right? Unless you give it the shape of a song or a painting or whatever. John Darnielle actualcreativityform Change image and share on social
Touring is just not normal for me. My personality is to never ever talk to people if I can help it. John Darnielle normalpeoplepersonality Change image and share on social
I was a huge comic book fan. It's weird because the era of 'Marvel' I was into turns out to be very important in the long run, but it's not the one that anybody romanticizes. John Darnielle bookcomicera Change image and share on social
I used to break three or four strings a night, and the show would be over because I didn't know how to change the strings. John Darnielle breakchangenight Change image and share on social
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 assumehardhear Change image and share on social
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 mapsitsong Change image and share on social
I think the self is complicated, that at various times we are all various people, and wrestling actually does a lot with that. You have things like heel turns where a person goes from being a good guy to a bad guy. John Darnielle badcomplicategood share on social
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 bindboundarycall share on social
Most of my interests in terms of writing are dark, so it's discordant how much I try to lock into the vibe of wherever I'm at. Inhabiting the life of the imagination is the nature of survival strategy - you build yourself little worlds to enjoy. John Darnielle builddarkdiscordant share on social
