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