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John Darnielle Quotes

To me, creative work is labor, like any other kind of labor. It's got value, and it takes your time, and it's useful to people, depending.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: March 16, 1967

Topics

Work Time Creative Value People Me

My family and I survived Hurricane Katrina in 2005; we left my grandmother's flooding house, were refused shelter by a white family, and took refuge in trucks in an open field during a Category Five hurricane. I saw an entire town demolished, people fighting over water, breaking open caskets searching for something that could help them survive.

Family Water People Survive Help

Common is one of the nicest people I've ever met, and to describe him as a vile rapper because he has an opinion... just says a lot about the state of America. You are allowed to have an opinion in the United States - he's never harmed anybody, he just has an opinion about a president that wasn't good for our country.

Good People Opinion America You Him

I don't understand the whole testing-numbers thing. It is not how I want to make movies.

Want Movies Understand Whole How

I enjoy being creative.

Creative Enjoy Being

Jimi was a good guy 'til he got into drugs. That's the way it is. I just tell it like it is.

Good Way Tell Good Guy Guy Just

It's hard to have a career.

The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree.

College Never Degree Cost Going

To see someone 70 years old with dyed black hair, you're like, 'Hmmm, I dunno. Is that a wrinkled teenager? What is that?' So at some point, I'm going to have to stop doing this. It's gonna look ridiculous. I don't wanna look like Elvis Presley at 60 years old.

Hair Black Someone Doing You Look

I always thought of myself as more of a rhythm player than a big soloist.

Myself Thought More Rhythm Always

I don't eat fast food - and neither should you!

Kendall Schmidt

Food You Fast Fast Food Eat Should

Growing up with brothers, I've always been a very competitive person and also very involved in sports. So when I was younger, whatever sport I was involved in, I wanted to go to the Olympics for that!

Gretchen Bleiler

Sports Growing Up Person Go Growing

I am a Buddhist, therefore I should not be collecting anything - however, I have a collection of Buddhas. I have a lot of them.

I Am Anything Collecting Collection

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