You're not really going to know what a place is like 'til you've lived there a few years - you sort of just have to go with your gut.
John DarnielleGender relations are a sad story of men talking trash about women all over the world.
John DarnielleIf my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out of them. We go to countries like Germany, where I can't imagine that all of my fans are engaging with the lyrics first and foremost. I think they're catching a vibe, a feeling. 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 and telling people how they have to take my stuff. We just want to play music, and hope that people like it.
John DarnielleI am at a place in my life where the more like a cave I can make my surroundings, the happier I am.
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