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I enjoy hearing people who are good at their instruments and who've found a distinctive voice.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Found
Good
People
Distinctive
Instruments
Hearing
Enjoy
Voice

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Do every stupid thing that makes you feel alive.
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There are real teachers out there I don't pretend to have their mantle.
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Literature is a mystical place for me. It's not dry. It's where miracles happen.
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I usually kind of can't wait until my records leak. Back in the day, you could give people tapes, but you can't do that anymore, because it would be available to everyone on the planet within an hour.
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You learn to present dark things without including their ability to harm, treasuring them for what they are.
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Adulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I dont feel everybody can connect to.
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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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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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I seem to get the best work when I'm angry and depressed and alienated.
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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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While writing is a mystical process, it's also work. If you show up to work five days in a row, nobody's going to pat you on the back - everyone does that. Well, do that with your writing. Just show up. Be there for it. When you get an idea, write it down somewhere and then be a steward of that idea.
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Young people like to feel self-righteous, like they're on the right side of things.
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