Daniel Johnston Quotes

• To understand and be understood is to be free.

  Daniel Johnston

  Entendido

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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.

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  Amor es, Respuestas

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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

  Fuente: 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.

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  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.

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  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].

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  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

  Libro, Niños, Artista

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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.

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  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.

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  Canción, Escritura, Carreras

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