I usually kind of can't wait until my records leak. Back in the day, you could give people tapes, but you can't do that anymore, because it would be available to everyone on the planet within an hour.
John DarnielleAdulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I dont feel everybody can connect to.
John DarnielleThere are stylists I really love. I'm a huge Joan Didion fan - if I wrote something that she might like, then I'd feel very proud. I want the action to move as quickly as it does in A Book of Common Prayer, where one thing bonks right into another very quickly.
John DarnielleAs an artist, you always have to be growing. You don't just want to do what you already know people like.
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