The process of touring is always so weird to me. Once you've made the album, that's over, you move along.
John DarnielleI'm kind of a hermit. Left to my own devices, I won't submerge myself in anything further afield than the driveway.
John DarnielleMy son, who sees me almost every day of his life, will look at me and go, "I know that dude! I like that dude!" It's incredibly affirming.
John DarniellePeople always talk about good time rock and roll, Chuck Berry or whatever, like this liberating force for feeling good. But what I need in my life is to be liberated into feeling bad. Not sad. I have plenty of sad. What I need is a place where I can spray anger in sparks like a gnarled piece of electrical cable. Just be mad at stuff and soak in the helplessness.
John Darnielle