Daniel Johns

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

— Daniel Johns

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

— Daniel Johns

Though, since the first record, I've dramatically changed my expectations for our records.

— Daniel Johns

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

— Daniel Johns

We were perceived as a post-grunge band.

— Daniel Johns

I have never had a social life, don't ever want one because it's boring. I'm just not very good with people, and…

— Daniel Johns

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

— Daniel Johns

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

— Daniel Johns

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

— Daniel Johns

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

— Daniel Johns

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

— Daniel Johns

We were really motivated to do something with this record overseas, even though I hate touring.

— Daniel Johns

There are no big groupie fans or anything.

— Daniel Johns

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

— Daniel Johns

I have not really experienced any significant conflict with anyone in regard to my choice to be vegan, although going out to…

— Daniel Johns

Think what you want, this is what we are.

— Daniel Johns

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

— Daniel Johns

There's an inherent thing in me where, if things are going too smooth, I'll sabotage the hell out of them just to…

— Daniel Johns

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

— Daniel Johns

There are a lot of wankers, and a lot of people who think they are really hardcore and cool but they're not.

— Daniel Johns

Me and my dog are best friends.

— Daniel Johns

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

— Daniel Johns

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

— Daniel Johns

We never considered ourselves to be a good band or anything, we just thought we were playing for fun and we wanted…

— Daniel Johns

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

— Daniel Johns