Daniel Johnston Quotes

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

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

The sun don't shine in your TV!

Do yourself a favor, become your own savior.

To understand and be understood is to be free.

I never met a girl I didn't meet

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.

There is a devil, and he knows my name.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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].

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.

Love is the question; Love is the answer.

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.

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.