John Darnielle Quotes

I'm totally convinced that the end of my football career is just the beginning of something I haven't even discovered yet.

I just don't want to live like I used to. And at some point, I'm going to put a gag order on myself in terms of talking about the past. I've got to slam the door and deal with the present and the future.

Every minute brings a new opportunity. Every minute brings new growth, new experiences.

So many people think being single is the end of something, but it's really a beginning - a good beginning.

There is always a time to move on.

Time to open up a new chapter in life, and to explore a larger centre.

I see retirement as just another of these reinventions, another chance to do new things and be a new version of myself.

Like I said, I enjoyed my time there in Indy. You just have gotta move on, get ready for the next chapter.

Realise when you are 'middle aged' you have a chance for a whole second career, another love, another life.

I've given it my all. I've done my best. Now, I'm ready with my family to begin the next phase of our lives.

I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.

My life is not just about the past.

I don't live that life anymore, it's as simple as that.

You don't have to stay where you are; you can make a change.

So now it is time to disassemble the parts of the jigsaw puzzle or to piece another one together, for I find that, having come to the end of my story, my life is just beginning.

I think that people get to a certain point in their life and they think that nothing can change.

I can't live off of yesterday - that's in the past.

I don't want to live on past records.

I saw leaving college as an opportunity to do something different with my life. I always thought that becoming an academic was going to be my path.

When I left HEEP I didn't know what I wanted! It took me a long time to adjust to life away from the band and the only thing I knew was that I didn't want to repeat my mistakes!

I wasn't really happy with the way 2008 turned out for me. I wanted to change some things.

Ever since I've left, I've been doing nothing but this film and traveling, promoting and doing festivals. So the good thing is that I'm not sitting around pining over whether I made the right choice in leaving. I'm moving and grooving.

The interesting thing for 'Playing House' to me is we both are at crossroads in the pilot. We both have our lives kind of upside-down, and then because we're taking care of each other, we're able to move forward and live our best lives.

I feel like I've started a new chapter in my life, and I need to leave the past behind.

It's a wise man who understands that every day is a new beginning, because boy, how many mistakes do you make in a day? I don't know about you, but I make plenty. You can't turn the clock back, so you have to look ahead.