John Darnielle Quotes

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

Quotes to Explore

To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.

Taisen Deshimaru
- Hands
- Everything
- Open
In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.

Mahershala Ali
- Time
- Good
- Different
The music industry's very laid back while I'm very, very aggressive.

Adam Kluger
- Music
- Back
- Aggressive
In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.

Ursula K. Le Guin
- Far
- Void
- Fill
Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours.

Lascelles Abercrombie
- Remember
- Poetry
- Tired
Leaders cannot work in a vacuum. They may take on larger, seemingly more important roles in an organization, but this does not exclude them from asking for and using feedback. In fact, a leader arguably needs feedback more so than anyone else. It's what helps a leader respond appropriately to events in pursuit of successful outcomes.

Jack Canfield
- Work
- Important
- May