John Darnielle Quotes

'm not saying I would never do acting again, because I love it, but there really is nothing compared to getting up in front of people and singing your music.

As much as I love being a singer-songwriter, I love throwing down on stage and letting it all out.

I had so much fun playing songs from 'Based On A True Story...' and getting to see the crowd's reaction to those songs was unforgettable.

If you do performance and music, it's not performance as music.

I do like performing 'I'll Take Your Man,' because that was a hard song.

Music is a performance and needs the audience.

My audition song is, and has been since 1977, 'I Love a Piano.'

I'm a live performer and I love playing live.

Music is so much fun because each song is like a film in itself. You get to go from beginning to end and interact and exchange energy with a live audience.

I love playing to people and seeing them react.

When you're playing, you're playing something for the world to hear.

I want to express my ideas through my music and on stage because I'm a musician.

The one thing that concerts have done for me is given me the opportunity to get back to sort of do songs that I want to do. It's about enjoying yourself.

My favorite song to perform is 'Love of my Life.'

I connect better with music when I see the people singing it.

When I'm singing my songs on stage, I feel like I'm doing a rock show, even though I don't think all my music is particularly straight up rock.

When I sing a set, people will say, 'I love 'Mayday.' People just love 'Mayday' so much. I love it too.

I love doing concerts, and I think my songs get another expression and energy when they are being played live.

I don't know if I will ever get sick of performing a song called 'Feels Like Loneliness' from Evolution. It's inspired by one of my favorite songs, 'Fever' by Peggy Lee. It's got a jazzy feel to it and I'm always able to put on a bit of character when I sing it, which is fun.

Playing live is closer to theatre, although when you're up there on your own, it's quite scary and revealing because you're playing your own songs. It's like a one man show that you've written yourself.

Singing and playing have always gone hand-in-hand with me. I love 'em both equally.

I feel my live shows are my music; everything blossoms from the live shows.

I like to sing very much.

Feeling emotionally connected to a song, and accumulating every bit of the moment's energy to sing out to the audience is what I believe makes a great performer.

The best part of touring, still, is touching people's hearts and igniting my band and igniting the people into what you call a spiritual revelation is sound and emotion.