Daniel Johnston Quotes

To understand and be understood is to be free.

Daniel Johnston

Understood

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Do yourself a favor, become your own savior.

Daniel Johnston

Favors, Savior

Song: Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Your Grievances

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Most of the worst things said about me, I've said myself.

Daniel Johnston

Said, Worst, Worst Things

Interview With Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2011.

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I believe in God, and I certainly believe in the devil. There's certainly a devil, and he knows my name.

Daniel Johnston

Believe, Names, Devil

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Listen up and I'll tell a story about an artist growing old. Some would try for fame and glory; others aren't so bold.

Daniel Johnston

Artist, Trying, Stories

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The sun don't shine in your TV!

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Shining, Sun, Tvs

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Love is the question; Love is the answer.

Daniel Johnston

Love Is, Answers

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I believe in spiritualism. It's like, when you listen to music or something and then you're sort of primed. If you're an artist, you're sort of primed and inspired, and you start drawing, you sort of have the spirit of what you're listening to, still in you. You just have sort of an inspiration.

Daniel Johnston

Believe, Inspiration, Artist

Source: www.avclub.com

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I've got something to live for, because I always wanted to be an artist; I always wanted to be famous.

Daniel Johnston

Artist, Wanted

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There is a devil, and he knows my name.

Daniel Johnston

Names, Devil, Knows

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I never met a girl I didn't meet

Daniel Johnston

Girl, Mets

"The Devil and Daniel Johnston". Documentary, Biography, Music, www.imdb.com. 2005.

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I wish I had never got manic depression. When I was in junior high, I didn't know what was the matter with me. It was as if I'd died or something. Now that I go to a clinic and get the right kind of medicine, I am not as depressed as I used to be.

Daniel Johnston

Medicine, Wish, Juniors

Interview With Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2011.

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When I'm doing a drawing, I get lots of ideas I use them in my songs, even. I do a lot of drawings because that's where I get most of my spending cash and I just always have to have new records, to get something to satisfy my listening pleasure.

Daniel Johnston

Song, Ideas, Drawing

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I buy mainly Beatles bootlegs and stuff like that. I'm hoping I can go there today. My dad buys my drawings and he re-sells them for quite a bit more and then he puts the money in my savings. I just draw all the time and he buys and I get a lot money [laughs]. It's great. My dad's my best manager I ever had. If I get richer, I'd like to be able to buy more of the real collectible Beatles things. I just need a little more money to be a higher class collector [laughs].

Daniel Johnston

Dad, Real, Class

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When I was a kid, I always thought that I'd be a comic book artist. It took a long time to start thinking that I could be a musician.

Daniel Johnston

Book, Kids, Artist

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For the longest time I was afraid I'd have to keep on working at the factories. There was a steel mill and a pottery; if you didn't go to college, you went to work in those places.

Daniel Johnston

College, Steel, Pottery

Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2011.

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I like to tour, but I prefer to tour in the United States. If I go overseas, I tend to get into trouble.

Daniel Johnston

United States, Trouble, Ifs

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When I was writing songs, I always thought I'd make more of a career out of the drawings, the comics even more than the music.

Daniel Johnston

Song, Writing, Careers

Source: www.avclub.com

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Born: January 22, 1961
Occupation: Singer-songwriter
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