A lot of the stuff I listen to is glitchy electronic stuff and stuff with beats.

I've been trying to write really simple songs to make them sound like they're coming out of a satellite that's crashing into a gas giant or something.

I never really made much money playing music. It's because I've never really worked with a producer who could make my music sound, I guess, like how the public wants it to sound.

I think maybe I'm trying to forget or not be so conscious about plastic circuitry and just go for the feeling.

I'm f**king pathetic when it comes to being an entertainer. People come because they want to see me have a nervous breakdown.

It takes me forever to write songs most of the time.

Daniel Johnston is the purist and most unpretentious artist of our generation