Daniel Johns Quotes

I wrote... Neon Ballroom in that time where I hated music, really everything about it, I hated it.

None of us are really dumb and none of us are really smart. We're in the middle.

You say that money isn't everything, well I'd like to see you live without it.

Yes, I am old enough to grow a beard actually. So ner-ner-ner-ner

There are no big groupie fans or anything.

So I went and visited a doctor and he diagnosed me with reactive arthritis.

I am very scared of being outside my home for long periods of time.

I start sweating and shaking and having panic attacks if I am not at home.

Touring doesn't kill me and I can handle it.

There's an inherent thing in me where, if things are going too smooth, I'll sabotage the hell out of them, just to make the music more of a sanctuary.

I'm lucky the arthritis happened at the time that it did because of the record.

I get very anxious and am scared in crowds and things like that.

Reactive arthritis is something I've been dealing with for nearly a year.

I would stay in bed and get an extra 10 minutes sleep

I think I definitely got scared by the second or third time a doctor told me I was dying.

I had to try and find a way to express happiness without sounding corny.

Trees have feelings too, and no one ever says 'hi' to them. Next time you're outside and see a tree, say 'hello'.

I have not really experienced any significant conflict with anyone in regard to my choice to be vegan, although going out to eat is hard sometimes.

I know if I don't tour people will forget the record and you run a high risk of the record failing.

When we first began and I was 14, my influences were the stuff that was in my parent's record collection like Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin.

I try to stay positive by focusing on how much I'll appreciate my health if I get better.

I have a theory because I was being beaten up a lot by people outside of school, it was almost like if I could make myself sick enough they'd take sympathy on me.

I am doing everything humanly possible to try and get well, but lately things have just kept getting worse.

I'll always remember 1995 as the year i found out Star Trek wasn't real

I never really paid attention to sales until the second record.

I made a conscious effort to make a record that would affect people in a good way rather than the last one, which affected people in a bad way.

It just makes everything more pleasurable when you've got someone that emotionally is there to rely on.

A lot of people who get into any art form have some form of mental..something in their head which is unstable

It makes it hard to get over a certain period of your life when you are constantly revisiting it every night.

If negative meant positive we'd be heroes.

People don't understand sarcasm, like, they take everything too seriously. People need to lighten up and go ice skating.

Think what you want, this is what we are.

I don't know if sitting home everyday is normal, but that's what I do.

I've never had a social life, don't ever want one because it's boring.

There was three or four years of my life where I hated myself and you know, would have quite happily ended it.

Candles are good as long as you're not me and you don't fall asleep and your house burns down.

Me and my dog are best friends.

There's an inherent thing in me where, if things are going too smooth, I'll sabotage the hell out of them just to make the music more of a sanctuary.