Author: John Darnielle

Quotes

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 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

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

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

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

- John Darnielle

To me, the only good reason to be touring is if you still have something good to share instead of just revisiting past glories.

To me, the only good reason to be touring is if you still have something good to share instead of just revisiting past glories.

- 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

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