Back in the 90s, if you did mail order in music, you could make a good living doing it if you could hustle.
John DarnielleWhen you punish a person for dreaming his dream, don't expect him to thank or forgive you.
John DarnielleI think The Sunset Tree is really the album on which I really learned to trust other musicians, which is so important.
John DarnielleI 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