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One way you can get really close to God is to sin as hard as you can.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Close
Hard
Really
Way
Sin

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I just started writing stuff to kill time on summer evenings. This is why I'm always telling people who ask me what they need to do to succeed to give up, do something else.
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I always worry that I'm a dilettante: I know something about lots of things but don't have exhaustive knowledge of much.
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If my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out of them.
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