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John Darnielle, born on March 16, 1967, is a talented musician renowned for his unique songwriting and musical style in the indie music scene.

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Famous John Darnielle Quotes

“I am a person of high energy. That, and I sit down and I write when I get an idea - I put other things aside.”

Writing Persons Ideas Energy Down And High Energy

Author:John Darnielle

“While writing is a mystical process, it's also work. If you show up to work five days in a row, nobody's going to pat you on the back - everyone does that. Well, do that with your writing. Just show up. Be there for it. When you get an idea, write it down somewhere and then be a steward of that idea.”

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“When I was kid, they always used to tell me to keep notebooks. I look at my shelves now and it's just nothing but notebooks. And if I haven't gotten an idea but I have time to work, I'll pull one out and I bet there will be five or six sentences that will kick me off.”

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Author:John Darnielle

“There's this idea that there was a point in our childhood when we were in some way better than we are now and we should try to hang on to that.”

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“I couldn't name more than a couple of good drum'n'bass acts, and I have no idea what's big in the dance world right now.”

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“I think I read too much Arthur Conan Doyle when I was young, and got this idea that a gentleman should know a lot about one thing and plenty about most everything else.”

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“The studio's a collaborative environment. I just try to let people bring their own ideas to the songs and see what happens.”

People Trying Ideas Happens Song Environment Studios

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“I'll keep making records until I don't have more ideas for records.”

Ideas Records

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“This is the funny thing about me. People think John just comes up with all the ideas. I'm honored. People think I have a big old brain, but actually I am the sum of the people I work with.”

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Author:John Darnielle

“Our [former] governor [Pat McCrory] was supposed to be a moderate, but he found himself beholden to people who have much more draconian ideas. I think he assumed this stuff flew under the radar.”

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Author:John Darnielle

“There is something fierce and starved about first ideas.”

Firsts Ideas Fierce

Book:Wolf in White Van: A Novel

Source: Wolf in White Van: A Novel

About the Author

Born: March 16, 1967
Known for: Musician
Quotes: 165

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