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About John Darnielle
American musician and novelist, born 1967
John Darnielle is an American musician and novelist, best known as the founder and driving force behind the indie folk band the Mountain Goats. He started the band in 1991 and has served as its writer, composer, guitarist, pianist, and vocalist. He is known for a prolific body of work and for lyrics that have a distinctly literary feel. Alongside his music, he has written three novels, Wolf in White Van, Universal Harvester, and Devil House.
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Writing: more sayings
- “no one could ever push you to write or become a writer, except yourself.”Desi Puspitasari
- “You can't make a fan of everyone. Stay true to your story, characters, music, art or whatever it is you do an…”Ann Marie Frohoff
- “I don't really premeditate what I write my songs about; you know, they just kind of happen, and I can't start…”Conor Oberst
Love: more sayings
- “I love having the ball with two minutes left, down a touchdown. That's when I'm right in the zone... I'm a Ca…”Tim Ryan
- “Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.”William Blake
- “The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable,Is that which rages in the place of dearest love.”Euripides
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Books by John Darnielle
Universal harvester
2017