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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.
John Darnielle
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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
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From a very young age, I was the kind of kid you can just put anywhere and I'd still find stuff to be stoked about.
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There's this idea that there was a point in our childhood when we were in some way better than we are now and we should try to hang on to that.
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I start writing, pull whatever images happen to occur to me and make up a story, instead of starting with details that are real and I know of and going from there.
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Not everybody relates to pain, but if you can watch other people playacting it, you can absorb some of that vibe. It's like watching horror movies - you want to have the experience, but in a safe environment.
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The reality of having a kid involves day-to-day practicality - not broader philosophical outlooks.
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Literature is a mystical place for me. It's not dry. It's where miracles happen.
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This is the funny thing about me. People think John just comes up with all the ideas. I'm honored. People think I have a big old brain, but actually I am the sum of the people I work with.
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I'm sort of a cavedweller: I miss my house, my yard, my kitchen, my wife. The trees. When I get home, I like to get down into my office neighborhood as soon as I can.
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I think it's a misconception that metal's about anger, obviously.
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I'll keep making records until I don't have more ideas for records.
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Human beings are selfish by nature. Everything that happens to a child, you immediately grab your own child and say, I will never let that happen to you.
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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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You can get into anything if you are determined. I always thought that with music, too.
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I enjoy hearing people who are good at their instruments and who've found a distinctive voice.
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Everybody is in various states of needing to transcend something. I believe in mental health care, but when we call people crazy, we exclude them from our circle.
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The possibility of disaster remains horrific to me. Like when you know everything's about to go wrong in a way that's not controllable or knowable.
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I don't celebrate milestones and I don't do anniversary editions. It's not my style to reflect on accomplishments.
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The fact that somebody's telling you a story about people who didn't exist doesn't make the experience of the story any less real in your heart and mind.
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It's impossible to be content all the time - you have to learn to be content in places where you're unhappy and owning your emotions, whatever they are.
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There is something fierce and starved about first ideas.
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