“A bands first albums usually not great. When you made the first album, you had a day job and you were still trying to be serious about it.” TryingFirstsMadeStillsJobsSeriousBandAlbumsDay Jobs 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.” WayShouldTryingIdeasChildhoodOur Children 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
“I always want to try and see what the appeal is in anything. It's the healthiest and most honest approach.” WantTryingHonestApproachAppeals Author:John Darnielle
“It's a cliché to state that one should think like a child, but it's clear that kids know something that the world tries to make you unlearn later in life.” ThinkingKnowsWorldShouldTryingChildrenStatesKidsClearUnlearnLater In Life Author:John Darnielle
“People want you to play the songs they know. I try not to reflect too much, and I don't really like to focus too much on myself.” PeopleKnowsWantTryingPlaySongToo MuchFocus Author:John Darnielle
“The studio's a collaborative environment. I just try to let people bring their own ideas to the songs and see what happens.” PeopleTryingIdeasHappensSongEnvironmentStudios Author:John Darnielle
“I think grief is a huge subject; it's one of the things that everybody is going to confront in one way or another. There's been a lot of books written about how Americans have an odd way of trying to defer grief or minimize the need to grieve. People used to have a lot more ritual grief in their lives. For the most part, we think of it as a strictly temporal process: you grieve for a time and then you're over [it], but it's also a spatial process. It travels across a map.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsTryingBookUsedProcessGriefWrittenSubjectsHugeOne WayOddGrievingOver ItMapsRitualSpatial Author:John Darnielle
