“It's good to be young, but let's not kid ourselves/ It's better to pass on through those years and come out the other side/ With our hearts still beating/ Having stared down demons/ Come back breathing.” YearsHeartStillsKidsYoungSidesBreathingDemonBe Young Author:John Darnielle
“You always feel like your 18-year-old self in some sense. And that's what walking through New York on a June evening feels like - you feel like it's Friday and you're 17 years old.” FeelsYearsSelfNew YorkLike YouWalkingEveningFridayJuneOld Self Author:John Darnielle
“I still get really excited looking at stuff that I've seen every day for 20 years.” YearsStillsStuffExcitedGet Real Author:John Darnielle
“People don't tend to notice, but in the past 10 years especially there's been a lot of growth in how I write songs and what goes into them. You can listen to Mountain Goats from 1991 to 2007 and never hear a seventh chord. In 2007 or 2008, I started working on the piano to grow as a songwriter. I started throwing major sevens in and sixes and more interesting stuff.” PeopleWritingYearsPastSongGrowsStuffGrowthInterestingMountainMajorsPianoThrowingSongwritersChordsGoatsInteresting Stuff Author:John Darnielle
“Conservative forces in the South have a lot of power - almost dynastic - dating back many years.” YearsForceDatingSouthConservative Author:John Darnielle
“Over the past 40 years, the tradition of Southern progressivism has been somewhat successfully erased by right-wing revisionist historians.” YearsHas BeensPastTraditionWingsHistorianSouthernRight WingOver The PastProgressivism Author:John Darnielle
“When I became conscious of being a person, when I was very small, I knew that I was from Indiana, but I had never seen Indiana. I was born there, but we moved when I was, like, a year old. I always had a sense of a place that was far away from where I was. I would research it and find out about it and I remember on Christmas morning I used to always call Indiana to find out what the weather was like; to see if it was snowing or not.” IfsYearsPersonsRememberUsedBornMorningResearchConsciousMovedSnowWeatherFar AwayIndianaChristmas Morning Author:John Darnielle
