I am a person of high energy. That, and I sit down and I write when I get an idea - I put other things aside.
John DarnielleIt's easy to follow national politics and weigh in on social media, but if I'm tweeting stuff about Chatham County, no one cares.
John DarnielleThe studio's a collaborative environment. I just try to let people bring their own ideas to the songs and see what happens.
John DarnielleIn 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 DarnielleOver the past 40 years, the tradition of Southern progressivism has been somewhat successfully erased by right-wing revisionist historians.
John DarnielleNormal adult shopping is something I will never actually do, because it's no more possible for me to go shopping like normal adults do than it is for a man with no legs to wake up one day and walk. I can't miss shopping like you'd miss things you once had. I miss it in a different way. I miss it like you would miss a train.
John Darnielle