The process of touring is always so weird to me. Once you've made the album, that's over, you move along.
John DarnielleDiagnoses exist to help get people services they need - but there's no such thing as mental illness. We're all mentally ill.
John DarnielleI enjoy hearing people who are good at their instruments and who've found a distinctive voice.
John DarnielleIn wrestling, people just throw each other around, possibly actually bleed, and are still friends in the locker room afterwards. But there's a real glee - a feeling goes up in the arena, especially on non-TV days. If it's just people in a room and somebody starts to bleed, that's very exciting.
John Darnielle