“The moment where you know the thing you want is ridiculous and pompous and a terrible thing to want anyway. The direction in which you're headed is not the direction you want to go, yet you're going to head that way a while longer cause that's just the kind of person you are.” KnowsWayWantKindPersonsMomentsCausesTerribleRidiculousTerrible ThingsPompous Author:John Darnielle
“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.” PeopleGivingKindWould BeWaitingHoursRecordsPlanetsAvailableTapeLeaksBack In The Day Author:John Darnielle
“Kayfabe is kind of a code. To break kayfabe is to let people know that the punch was not real and that the match was scripted.” PeopleKnowsKindRealBreakCode Author:John Darnielle
“I don't like to say, "Oh, I don't like this kind of music." I like to listen to it and try to see what people who like it get out of it.” PeopleTryingKind Author:John Darnielle
“From a very young age, I was the kind of kid you can just put anywhere and I'd still find stuff to be stoked about.” KindStillsKidsAgeYoungStuffYoung Age Author:John Darnielle
“I'm kind of a hermit. Left to my own devices, I won't submerge myself in anything further afield than the driveway.” KindLeftMy OwnDevicesHermitsDriveway Author:John Darnielle
“In the present political situation, it's an interesting phenomenon to look at: what is the appeal of an autocratic leader? Why do people want somebody who yells at them? For most of us, that's so hard to understand. Who wants that? I think there are a lot of people for whom that fulfills some kind of need.” PeopleThinkingWantNeedsLooksKindHardPoliticalInterestingSituationLeaderAppealsPhenomenon Author:John Darnielle
“I like a lot of hardcore, but it's just a genre about which I don't have much to say. It's kind of a thing where, unless you're active in the hardcore community, what could you have to say of value about it? It resists criticism because it's not just a style but an entrance into several different worlds of ideas- political, philosophical, societal. The music is really only part of the whole scene. In that sense, the music doesn't change much because it shouldn't: It needs to be there as a signal that you're entering into a certain discursive mode, maybe.” WorldKindDifferentPoliticalValuesCommunityStyleSceneMusic IsCriticismPhilosophicalHardcore Author:John Darnielle
“What I like is horror movies, including '80s slasher movies that politically I have all kinds of problems with. Which is an interesting balance, because I have this leftist puritan strain that, well, if you like something that goes against your politics, maybe you should train yourself not to like it. But I know that I like horror movies and that's what I watch when I get a moment.” KindMomentsProblemInterestingBalanceHorrorTrainAll KindsPuritan Author:John Darnielle
