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You can get into anything if you are determined. I always thought that with music, too.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Always
Determined
Thought
Anything
Music

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One way you can get really close to God is to sin as hard as you can.
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A novel is a performance you have to plan.
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I'll keep making records until I don't have more ideas for records.
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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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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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May we all emerge from winter with our strength renewed and any unwanted pieces left under the ice.
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For me, moving is always a big opportunity. Its just a enough of a shift in outlook that every time I move, it seems to open something up.
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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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The process of touring is always so weird to me. Once you've made the album, that's over, you move along.
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I grew up around some people whose parents toured a lot: tough on the marriage, tough on the kids.
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I seem to get the best work when I'm angry and depressed and alienated.
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