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Sometimes I'll write without the guitar or the piano, but most of the time I'll be playing and just improvising some words. And when I get something that sounds good, a line with a story in it, I'll try and tease it out and figure out where the story is going.
— John Darnielle
Tags: words, guitar, time, good

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Wrestling's a form of expression, and it expresses vastness.
— John Darnielle
Tags: expresses, form, wrestling, expression
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.
— John Darnielle
Tags: down, your, you, work
I've written a lot about southern California, but I don't use the same characters. Leave the people in the songs in the songs, is my philosophy.
— John Darnielle
Tags: about, philosophy, leave, people
To me, the only good reason to be touring is if you still have something good to share instead of just revisiting past glories.
— John Darnielle
Tags: past, you, me, good
I always assumed people wanted to hear me tell stories, but then I had 'The Sunset Tree.' It turned out, my own stories were the ones that registered with people the hardest.
— John Darnielle
Tags: people, tree, me, sunset
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