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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.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
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Anywhere
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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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May we all emerge from winter with our strength renewed and any unwanted pieces left under the ice.
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I think I read too much Arthur Conan Doyle when I was young, and got this idea that a gentleman should know a lot about one thing and plenty about most everything else.
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There are real teachers out there I don't pretend to have their mantle.
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