“I used to assume no one would care, but I do think now I've written so...” — John Darnielle Quote

“I used to assume no one would care, but I do think now I've written songs that are useful to people having dark hours.”

“I always worry that I'm a dilettante: I know something about lots of things but don't have exhaustive knowledge of much.”

“One or two people have named their children after characters in my songs. That's pretty intense.”

“I've never seen radio as the minor leagues, where I'm just really preparing to be in the show that really counts, namely, television, which is, I think, what people often assume. I've never felt that way.”

“Before the war is ended, the war party assumes the divine right to denounce and silence all opposition to war as unpatriotic and cowardly.”

“If my musical tastes are continuing to grow up, and I am not really too interested in the music that my kids listen to, then I assume that the audience is doing the same.”