When you're born into a showbiz family, the deck is stacked against you. John Darnielle beardeckfamily Change image and share on social
That's what I used to enjoy so much: Bringing a record home, having it arrive in the mailbox. Having the whole experience of hearing it as you're holding it and looking at it and reading the liner notes, if they're anything. John Darnielle arrivebringenjoy 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
You always feel like your 18-year-old self in some sense. And that's what walking through New York on a June evening feels like - you feel like it's Friday, and you're 17 years old. John Darnielle evenfeelfelt 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
'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
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
My feminism is what came squarely up against my faith. There's a lot of ecstatic post-patriarchal Christians who have stuff they do with that. But at that point, you're doing Christianity with a double-superscript. The Bible, and especially the book of Genesis, is pretty unapologetically patriarchal. John Darnielle biblebookchristian share on social
I'd played with Jon Wurster as a duo just for a lark. John Darnielle duojonlark Change image and share on social
At 23, you can completely, literally reinvent yourself if you want to. John Darnielle completelyliterallyreinvent Change image and share on social