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

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.

When people want me to sign records they usually always have Vivadixie[submarinetransmissions], and I think that's a lot of people's favorite record. And that was sort of when I was just learning what I was doing.

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

A lot of that I base on, "Is it still going to sound interesting and fresh to me in five years, am I going to be embarrassed by this in five years?" It's easier for me to do stark, moody, pretty stuff, and I have all this pop stuff inside me, but it's a lot more dangerous, and pop is just apt to sound contrived and sort of pedestrian if you're not careful.

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