My songs tend to sprint toward some epiphany and then explode. John Darnielle More Quotes by John Darnielle More Quotes From John Darnielle I don't like to say, "Oh, I don't like this kind of music." I like to listen to it and try to see what people who like it get out of it. John Darnielle kindtryingpeople You can get into anything if you are determined. I always thought that with music, too. John Darnielle determinedifs I get nostalgic about having lived in Ames, Iowa, even though being a vegetarian in Iowa is not fun. John Darnielle iowavegetarianfun I still get really excited looking at stuff that I've seen every day for 20 years. John Darnielle excitedstuffyears Music is a permanent art, it will always go through phases where you like it and are in tune with it, but saying that music "got bad" is infantile. The same is true with your life. John Darnielle phasestunesart Take dance music: I like enough of it and its history to be able to say a word or two about this or that record, but I'm nobody's authority. John Darnielle recordsabletwo I don't celebrate milestones and I don't do anniversary editions. It's not my style to reflect on accomplishments. John Darnielle celebratestyleaccomplishment People want you to play the songs they know. I try not to reflect too much, and I don't really like to focus too much on myself. John Darnielle playsongpeople My work is more important than I am. I'm just some guy. John Darnielle guyimportant I always worry that I'm a dilettante: I know something about lots of things but don't have exhaustive knowledge of much. John Darnielle dilettantesknowsworry The process of touring is always so weird to me. Once you've made the album, that's over, you move along. John Darnielle albumsover-youmoving I couldn't name more than a couple of good drum'n'bass acts, and I have no idea what's big in the dance world right now. John Darnielle couplenamesideas The more I learn about stuff the more conscious I become of grave gaps in my knowledge. John Darnielle gapsconsciousstuff 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. John Darnielle gentlemanideasthinking You always feel like your 18-year-old self in some sense. And that's what walking through New York on a June evening feels like - you feel like it's Friday and you're 17 years old. John Darnielle fridayjunenew-york 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. John Darnielle giving-upsummerwriting 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. John Darnielle wifeofficehome Giving up and doing something else (nursing, for me) was exactly what eventually led me to making music that other people wanted to hear. John Darnielle nursinggiving-uppeople I do have a romantic interest in outlasting everybody else. There's a sort of sad machismo to singer-songwriters, I think. John Darnielle outlastingsingersthinking I'll keep making records until I don't have more ideas for records. John Darnielle recordsideas
