“Life is hard, you're tired, and there's disease. The strategy that works for children is to be delighted by the things that delight you.” ChildrenHardLife IsDiseaseStrategyTiredDelightDelightedLife Is Hard Author:John Darnielle
“Anything that is within you is a gift. To be able to take possession of that and say, "Whatever it is, I am bigger than it," is to learn to cherish even the hard and painful things.” HardAbleBiggerPainfulPossessionCherishWithin YouPainful Things Author:John Darnielle
“Diagnoses exist to help get people services they need - but there's no such thing as mental illness. We're all mentally ill.” PeopleNeedsHelpingIllIllnessMental IllnessDiagnosisMentally Ill Author:John Darnielle
“Everybody is in various states of needing to transcend something. I believe in mental health care, but when we call people "crazy," we exclude them from our circle.” PeopleBelieveStatesCareI BelieveCrazyMental HealthVariousI Believe InCirclesHealth CareBelieve In Me Author:John Darnielle
“It's impossible to be content all the time - you have to learn to be content in places where you're unhappy and owning your emotions, whatever they are.” EmotionImpossibleUnhappy Author:John Darnielle
“Music is a permanent art, it will always go through phases where you like it and are in tune with it, but saying that music "got bad" is infantile. The same is true with your life.” ArtMusic IsPermanentTunesPhasesYou Like ItInfantile Author:John Darnielle
“I don't celebrate milestones and I don't do anniversary editions. It's not my style to reflect on accomplishments.” StyleCelebrateAccomplishmentMilestone Author:John Darnielle
“The process of touring is always so weird to me. Once you've made the album, that's over, you move along.” MadeMovingProcessAlbumsOver YouTouring 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