“I think taking too long to work on a record you sort of lose some of the feeling, so I write as fast as I can; it's just this manic phase where I'm by myself and or on tour and I write and I write. And I send them to the guys, and we start planning our studio ventures.” ThinkingWritingLongI CanFeelingsGuyLosesRecordsStudiosPlanningPhasesVentureManic Author:John Darnielle
“If my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out of them. We go to countries like Germany, where I can't imagine that all of my fans are engaging with the lyrics first and foremost. I think they're catching a vibe, a feeling. I 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 and telling people how they have to take my stuff. We just want to play music, and hope that people like it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantFirstsI CanCountryPlayFeelingsSongStuffImagineFansFineSittingGladGermanyImagine ThatEngagingCatchingLyricists Author:John Darnielle
“If you get into a fight and somebody punches you, you get two feelings. One: That really hurts. Two: That relief in the realness of, like, Wow, this is what it is. It's not an intellectual process.” IfsTwoFeelingsFightingProcessHurtIntellectualReliefWowRealness Author:John Darnielle
“In 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.” PeopleIfsStillsRealFeelingsRoomsTvsExcitingWrestlingArenaLockersGleeLocker Room Author:John Darnielle
“When all my friends insisted that they were feeling jaded, it struck me as an affected pose. To me, everything is always new.” FeelingsMy FriendsAffectedJaded Author:John Darnielle
“There are so many ways to respond to music besides feeling like someone's communicating with you. It gives me a charge.” WayGivingFeelingsMusic IsGive MeCommunicate Author:John Darnielle
“Anger is preverbal, so, by the time you're using words to express an angry feeling, you're already imposing loads of structure on that primal experience.” FeelingsAngryStructureLoadPrimalImposingUsing WordsAngry Feelings Author:John Darnielle
“People 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.” PeopleNeedsI CanFeelingsLife IsForceStuffPiecesRocksMadFeel GoodPlentyGood TimesSparksRock And RollLiberatingCablesLiberatedHelplessnessElectricalChuckSprayBerriesFeeling Bad Book:Black Sabbath's Master of Reality Source: Black Sabbath's Master of Reality
