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John Darnielle Quotes

I still can’t manage to keep a journal, and people have been telling me to since the fourth grade Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Giving up and doing something else (nursing, for me) was exactly what eventually led me to making music that other people wanted to hear Picture Quote #1

I’m not really a goal-oriented guy. I started doing the Mountain Goats just for the sheer hell of it Picture Quote #1

The best ones - Hulk Hogan believes in Hulkamania. It’s not a thing he’s selling here. It’s real. He knows it’s real because he goes to the Mall Of America and everybody goes insane, right? Wrestling is real. Those characters are real Picture Quote #1

More and more, I enjoy hearing people who are good at their instruments and who’ve found a distinctive voice. In death metal, a lot of guys are Eddie Van Halen disciples, but they take his style to really expressionistic places. It’s a real pleasure for me to hear people pushing their craft Picture Quote #1

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Back in the 90s, if you did mail order in music, you could make a good living doing it if you could hustle Picture Quote #1

I wrote short stories when I was a teenager, but they weren’t any good and I kinda knew it Picture Quote #1

It’s hard always to say what it is one likes about a place, for me. I feel it Picture Quote #1

I am permanently a student of people who make great songs, but besides sort of learning by absorption, I just love listening to music, hearing what’s going on, hearing new things or new old things Picture Quote #1

Good things never last, bad things never die Picture Quote #1

There are only two stories: either you go forward or you die Picture Quote #1

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There is something fierce and starved about first ideas Picture Quote #1

Do every stupid thing that makes you feel alive Picture Quote #1

When you punish a person for dreaming his dream, don’t expect him to thank or forgive you Picture Quote #1

Books are like rocks. You hold one in your hand and look at it in various lights to get a sense of it, and then when you get a good angle, you throw it through a window to see what happens Picture Quote #1

This is why people cry at the movies: because everybody’s doomed. No one in a movie can help themselves in any way. Their fate has already staked its claim on them from the moment they appear onscreen Picture Quote #1

You should avoid seeing too much of yourself anywhere: in the outside world, in others, in the imagined worlds that give you shelter Picture Quote #1

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May we all emerge from winter with our strength renewed and any unwanted pieces left under the ice Picture Quote #1

Adulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I don’t feel everybody can connect to Picture Quote #1

A bands first albums usually not great. When you made the first album, you had a day job and you were still trying to be serious about it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Back in the 90s, if you did mail order in music, you could make a good living doing it if you could hustle Picture Quote #1

It usually happens that I have multiple different projects going on at once, and one can be referencing the other Picture Quote #1

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It makes me envious of anybody who can say truly that they don’t care what anybody thinks of what they do, because I care a lot about the people who like my stuff Picture Quote #1

As an artist, you always have to be growing. You don’t just want to do what you already know people like Picture Quote #1

I know it’s a cliché to say I write for myself, but I write for myself Picture Quote #1

I consider myself a lyricist first and foremost, but if you get something else out of what I do, that’s fine too. I’m not sitting back here telling people how they have to take my stuff. We just want to play music, and hope that people like it Picture Quote #1

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I still can’t manage to keep a journal, and people have been telling me to since the fourth grade. (John Darnielle Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) I’m not really a goal-oriented guy. I started doing the Mountain Goats just for the sheer hell of it. (John Darnielle Quotes) The best ones - Hulk Hogan believes in Hulkamania. It’s not a thing he’s selling here. It’s real. He knows it’s real because he goes to the Mall Of America and everybody goes insane, right? Wrestling is real. Those characters are real. (John Darnielle Quotes) More and more, I enjoy hearing people who are good at their instruments and who’ve found a distinctive voice. In death metal, a lot of guys are Eddie Van Halen disciples, but they take his style to really expressionistic places. It’s a real pleasure for me to hear people pushing their craft. (John Darnielle Quotes) Back in the 90s, if you did mail order in music, you could make a good living doing it if you could hustle. (John Darnielle Quotes) I wrote short stories when I was a teenager, but they weren’t any good and I kinda knew it (John Darnielle Quotes) It’s hard always to say what it is one likes about a place, for me. I feel it. (John Darnielle Quotes) I am permanently a student of people who make great songs, but besides sort of learning by absorption, I just love listening to music, hearing what’s going on, hearing new things or new old things. (John Darnielle Quotes) Good things never last, bad things never die (John Darnielle Quotes) There are only two stories: either you go forward or you die (John Darnielle Quotes) There is something fierce and starved about first ideas (John Darnielle Quotes) Do every stupid thing that makes you feel alive (John Darnielle Quotes) When you punish a person for dreaming his dream, don’t expect him to thank or forgive you (John Darnielle Quotes) Books are like rocks. You hold one in your hand and look at it in various lights to get a sense of it, and then when you get a good angle, you throw it through a window to see what happens (John Darnielle Quotes) This is why people cry at the movies: because everybody’s doomed. No one in a movie can help themselves in any way. Their fate has already staked its claim on them from the moment they appear onscreen (John Darnielle Quotes) You should avoid seeing too much of yourself anywhere: in the outside world, in others, in the imagined worlds that give you shelter (John Darnielle Quotes) May we all emerge from winter with our strength renewed and any unwanted pieces left under the ice (John Darnielle Quotes) Adulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I don’t feel everybody can connect to (John Darnielle Quotes) A bands first albums usually not great. When you made the first album, you had a day job and you were still trying to be serious about it (John Darnielle Quotes) 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 (John Darnielle Quotes) Back in the 90s, if you did mail order in music, you could make a good living doing it if you could hustle (John Darnielle Quotes) It usually happens that I have multiple different projects going on at once, and one can be referencing the other (John Darnielle Quotes) It makes me envious of anybody who can say truly that they don’t care what anybody thinks of what they do, because I care a lot about the people who like my stuff (John Darnielle Quotes) As an artist, you always have to be growing. You don’t just want to do what you already know people like (John Darnielle Quotes) I know it’s a cliché to say I write for myself, but I write for myself (John Darnielle Quotes) I consider myself a lyricist first and foremost, but if you get something else out of what I do, that’s fine too. I’m not sitting back here telling people how they have to take my stuff. We just want to play music, and hope that people like it (John Darnielle Quotes)

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