01UndatedI think 'The Sunset Tree' is really the album on which I really learned to trust other musicians, which is so important.John Darnielle / quote ↗
02UndatedMost of my interests in terms of writing are dark, so it's discordant how much I try to lock into the vibe of wherever I'm at. Inhabiting the life of the imagination is the nature of survival strategy - you build yourself little worlds to enjoy.John Darnielle / quote ↗
03UndatedMetal isn't necessarily aggressive. There's metal that's contemplative, there's metal that's sad, and there's metal that's exuberant. No genre is limited in what it can express.John Darnielle / quote ↗
04UndatedI was writing poetry, and the Mountain Goats was an outgrowth of that.John Darnielle / quote ↗
05UndatedOpera combines pretty basic theater and poetry, but the storyline itself is actually quite poetic and, after some digital research, taking that actual content and seeing it as undeniably poetic.John Darnielle / quote ↗
06UndatedMy father would tell me if I wasn't writing in meter verse, it wasn't poetry.John Darnielle / quote ↗
