Author: John Darnielle

Quotes

To me, creative work is labor, like any other kind of labor. It's got value, and it takes your time, and it's useful to people, depending.

To me, creative work is labor, like any other kind of labor. It's got value, and it takes your time, and it's useful to people, depending.

- John Darnielle

I think 'The Sunset Tree' is really the album on which I really learned to trust other musicians, which is so important.

I think 'The Sunset Tree' is really the album on which I really learned to trust other musicians, which is so important.

- John Darnielle

I always worry that I'm a dilettante: I know something about lots of things but don't have exhaustive knowledge of much.

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

To me, everything is always new. People involved in my personal life make fun of me a lot for not being jaded.

To me, everything is always new. People involved in my personal life make fun of me a lot for not being jaded.

- John Darnielle

Your intelligence doesn't override your desire to destroy yourself.

Your intelligence doesn't override your desire to destroy yourself.

- John Darnielle

I was writing poetry, and the Mountain Goats was an outgrowth of that.

I was writing poetry, and the Mountain Goats was an outgrowth of that.

- John Darnielle

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